Press Conference with Israeli PM Olmert before Annapolis Conference
(November 26, 2007)
PRESIDENT
BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, welcome. It's an honor to have
you back in the Oval Office. Thanks for coming to the Annapolis
Conference. I'm looking forward to continuing our serious dialogue with you and the President of the Palestinian Authority to see whether
or nor peace is possible. I'm optimistic, I know you're optimistic,
and I want to thank you for your courage and your friendship. I'm
proud your -- proud of you.
PRIME
MINISTER OLMERT: Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'm
delighted to come with my colleagues to -- another time to the Oval
Office. This time it's different, because we are going to have lots
of participants in what I hope will launch a serious process of
negotiations between us and the Palestinians. This will be a
bilateral process, but the international support is very important for
us.
And I thank you for the efforts that you, President, made in order to
make it possible, and the Secretary of State, together with us, in
order to come to this point where from we and the Palestinians will
seek together, in Jerusalem, and work out something that will be very
good to create a great hope for our peoples.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir. Thank you all.
Sources: The White House |