MIDDLE EAST: Arafat meets Moratinos

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

RAMALLAH, Apr 24 2003 (IPS) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat today received the European envoy for Middle East peace Miguel Angel Moratinos.

Discussion at the meeting centered on latest developments in the region and the formation of the Palestinian government under Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen).

In the meantime, Israeli occupation authorities arrested 13 Palestinians “wanted" by occupation authorities. Eight of them have been arrested near Bethlehem and the rest of them have been arrested at Askar Camp, near Nablus.