Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas will meet June 21. Aides to the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian Authority president on Wednesday announced the planned summit, the first since they met in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik and agreed to a cease-fire in February.
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