Discussions between Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon last week resulted in “some progress in defining a conceptual framework for the next phase of the negotiating process” in the Middle East, according to Under-secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco. Sisco said that “a number of key problems remain to be solved” in the settlement process during the talks which Sisco described as “useful.” He did not elaborate on either the framework or the problem.
“In sum,” Sisco said. “quiet diplomacy is proceeding and we remain cautiously hopeful that further practical progress is possible.” Sisco, who is Kissinger’s chief adviser on political affairs, made his remarks today in San Diego, Calif., at a regional foreign policy conference sponsored by that city’s World Affairs Council and the State Department.
Sisco also told the meeting that most of the problems concerning “chronic conflicts” such as that in the Middle East “are being dealt with in a clearly inadequate framework.” He said, “National solutions continue to be pursued when, manifestly, their very futility is the crisis we face.” Referring to the Arab-Israeli conflict, Sisco called that “the greatest immediate threat to world peace.”
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