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WASHINGTON: The United States is pushing for peace talks between Israel, Syria and Lebanon, US envoy George Mitchell said Tuesday, as the Israelis prepared to resume direct negotiations with the Palestinians.
"With respect to Syria, our efforts continue to try to engage Israel and Syria in discussions and negotiations that would lead to peace there and also Israel and Lebanon," Mitchell said.
"You will recall that when the president announced my appointment two days after he entered office, he referred to comprehensive peace and defined it as Israel and Palestinians, Israel and Syria, Israel and Lebanon, and Israel at peace with and having normal relations with all of its Arab neighbours. And that remains our objective."
Mitchell was briefing journalists ahead of Thursday's resumption of direct peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas.
Top level talks in search of an elusive Middle East peace deal broke off in 2008 when Israel invaded the Palestinian Gaza Strip to halt militant rocket fire on its south.
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