Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon sent aides to Austria to meet an economic adviser to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Eitan Ben- Tsur, a former director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry who was a participant in the meeting, said the two sides had discussed diplomatic matters, not the casino in the West Bank city of Jericho, as Israeli media had reported.
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