Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
Dennis B. Rossis an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asiato the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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I think we've seen over the course of the last year is that Chairman Arafat may well be committed to wanting to live in peace with Israel, but his own capacity at this stage to reach a permanent agreement is at least something that has to be questioned.
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I think it's always important when you're approaching Middle East peace never to set your hopes too low.
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On the Israeli side there is real questioning, you do not see any signs of dilemma on the other side.
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That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.
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They conducted this meeting in a spirit of partnership, recognizing that they have common interests and common stakes. They each felt, and each said, that it was a new beginning.
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I really feel there's a need much more for a third party to build bridges between the two sides before it's too late,
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It's in Syria's interest to remove any cloud, any stigma, any questioning about where it's coming from and what it's doing,
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This is a process that has been going on for a long time. The ideas were originally conveyed in the middle of January. At some point it has to come to a conclusion.
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There is no question that Jordan is strongly committed to the peace process and will always be supportive of any effort to try to find ways to put things back on track,
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We have a beginning. It's a step in the right direction. Now we have to see results.
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What's important is not meetings for their own sake but results ... that will have a consequence on the security environment.
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We're hopeful that we'll see an agreement very soon.
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What I have found is that there is a will -- what we have to find is the way.
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We had a very good discussion, and I think we are making headway. Issues are being dealt with seriously, intensively and comprehensively in a way that I think gives us a chance to put the process back on track.