BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt and Jordan's Mid-East dilemma (#)

  „'Salvage operation' An official statement in Jordan welcomed Mr Bush's speech as being the beginning of the end of the conflict between Israel and the Arabs. "President Bush's speech is in line with our position that an endgame and a timeline should be defined so that a political process can be relaunched on solid grounds," the Jordanian Government said. It made no mention of Mr Arafat. It is clear that both Egypt and Jordan are now involved in a salvage operation.“

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