Spain’s prime minister said the country’s official dignitaries would continue meeting with Yasser Arafat, despite Israeli objections. In an interview with the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, Prime Minister Jose Aznar said that isolating the Palestinian Authority president is not the solution, and that those who have turned him into a problem must explain how to resolve it.
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