For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 28, 2002
Statement by the Press Secretary
The President welcomes the constructive and helpful decision by the
government of Israel to enable Chairman Arafat to travel freely, to
accept international monitors with respect to six named prisoners now
in Chairman Arafat's compound, and to withdraw Israeli forces from Ramallah. This decision follows intensive efforts aimed at achieving an urgent and
nonviolent resolution to the situation in Ramallah, including a phone
call yesterday morning from the President to Prime Minister Sharon.
We are now in close contact with the Palestinian Authority and are
working with both sides to implement proposals that we have advanced
in order to achieve that objective.
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