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Dutch F.m. Says He Won’t Invite Arafat to Meet with Him but Will Not Refuse Invitationfrom Arafat

May 21, 1986
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Foreign Minister Hans Van Den Broek said Tuesday that he will not invite Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat to meet with him when he visits Tunisia next week, but on the other hand, he will not refuse a meeting if it is asked for.

In that connection, Van Den Broek noted in a radio interview that since 1980, the European Economic Community (EEC) has held the position that the views of all parties to the Middle East

Van Den Broek, who currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the EEC Council of Ministers, received the Israeli Ambassador to Holland, Zeev Suffoth, at The Hague Tuesday morning to explain the EEC position. Reports from Jerusalem Tuesday said Israel planned to

The Foreign Minister said in the radio interview that his trip to Tunisia was mainly to discuss with the Arab League Council there how to revive the moribund European-Arab dialogue. He said he would also discuss what measures the European Community

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