President Nicolae Ceausescu of Rumania intends to initiate an international conference on the problems of the Palestinians with the participation of the Soviet Union and the United States, according to reports from Bucharest where Ceausescu met with former Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin. The Rumanian President also told Rabin he intends to invite Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Arab countries and “other states” to that conference. According to reports from Bucharest, Rabin told Ceausescu he did not believe such a conference could materialize. Rabin has reported on his talks in Rumania to Premier Menachem Begin.
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