Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is slated to meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday in London. Shalom also is expected to meet with British Foreign Minister Jack Straw. Shalom’s visit will be the first of a flurry of top-level Israeli visits to the United Kingdom, with Housing Minister Effi Eitam and Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert following within a week.
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