Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak downplayed any likelihood that his meeting with President Clinton in Washington on Tuesday would result in breakthroughs with Syria or the Palestinian Authority. Barak’s office said he and Clinton are expected to discuss Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, which resumed last Friday in Washington, and Barak’s plan to withdraw Israeli troops from southern Lebanon by July.
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