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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT BEGINNING OF
MIDDLE EAST PLENARY SESSION
THE PRESIDENT: I wish to welcome Prime Minister
Netanyahu, Chairman Arafat, and the members of the Israeli and
Palestinian delegations here. As I said earlier today at the White
House, there is hard work ahead if we are to reach an agreement here
and get the peace process moving again. Secretary Albright and I and
our entire team are ready to do whatever we can.
As the press contingent prepares to leave, let me say
that all of us are determined to keep our energies focused on the
talks themselves. Therefore, we have agreed to confine our dealings
with the media on this subject to periodic briefings to be conducted
by spokespersons. We have a lot of work to do, a limited amount of
time to do it in, but we're ready to get to work.
Thank you very much.