"Israel's Peres refuses to meet Turkish president
(AFP) – 4 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS — Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Monday he declined to meet his Turkish counterpart after he had set conditions Israel could not accept as tensions between the two countries remain high.
'There was a proposal that President (Abdullah) Gul and myself would meet. I agreed. But then I got conditions which made this meeting, in my judgement, not a possibility,' Peres told reporters."
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