I think the importance of it is that there has been an initiation of direct, person-to-person negotiations between Israel and the major power in the Mideast among the Arab nations who are Israel's neighbors.
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Last August I outlined an Economic Revitalization Program that would accomplish the tasks set forth above.
But my hope is that there will be some clarification of what the United States is doing now and what they will be doing in the future.
I welcome the opportunity through this Consular Convention to improve the relations between the two countries and their nationals.
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