A ranking Swiss official has proposed that Geneva host a Middle East peace conference.
The suggestion was made by Klaus Jacobi, director general of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, on a visit to Cairo last week.
He said no objections were raised by the Egyptian foreign minister, Esmat Abdel Meguid, even though Egypt has offered to host a conference. Washington has offered as well.
But a Middle East peace conference seems more remote than ever since U.S. Secretary of State James Baker failed to get the agreement of Israel or the Arab states to such a gathering during his third visit to the region, which ended last Friday.
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