Peretz calls for final status talks within six months

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Defense Minister Amir Peretz presented the Labor Party faction Monday with a new diplomatic initiative that calls for final status negotiations with the Palestinians to begin within six months, Army Radio reported.

According to the radio, the proposed draft includes three stages: the formulation of a new security and economic policy, negotiations on final status principles and the expansion of Palestinian sovereignty, which would begin in the next six months, and finally negotiations on the details of the final status agreement.

The proposal, which the Labor chairman termed "the new road map," was also signed by Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh.

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