Fischer meets Peres + Arafat at prayers + unrest

(15 Feb 2002) Tel Aviv 1. Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer walking into news conference 2. Wide shot the two men 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister "The heads of state and governments decided that in December in Laeken, this is our position as European Union. And we stick to this declaration as a very excellent declaration. The aspirations of the Palestinians to own viable state, independent state, also part of it is the right of Israel to security and peace, secure borders and peace and it is very important that the armed intifada should be bought to an end. Terror must be stopped and we want to find ways back the negotiating table so this is the European position. " 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Shimon Peres, Israeli Foreign Minister "The Abu Alla/Peres agreements are not in contradiction to Mitchell and Tenet plan, they are not instead of it, the are an addition to it. I mean it gives really political horizon because it says, really, in simple terms that the Palestinians will do what they suggesed to do, namely in a month time to put order in their own house, that they have one centre of command of their own arms and armed people. Then in a short while, maybe eight weeks, we can have a mutual recognition, they the state of Israel, we the Palestinian state. 5. They leave Ramallah, 6. Various of march - masked activists amongst the crowd 7. Burning of Israeli flag 8. Jeeps with Palestinian soldiers 9. Close up soldiers guarding mosqe 10. Arafat in praying in mosque 11. Close up Arafat praying 12. Israeli soldiers firing rubber bullets at stone throwers 13. Palestinian youths throwing stones at Israeli army jeeps 14. Wide shot crowd STORYLINE: Germany's foreign minister met his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Friday and told reporters that the European Union held to the Laeken convention that says that the right of a Palestinian state is part of the existence of Israel. Meeting in Laeken in December, EU leaders appealed to Israel to resume contacts with Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian Authority, saying he was the legitimate and elected representative of the Palestinians. They restated their view that Arafat must dismantle the "terrorist networks" of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad radical groups, but agreed that Israel's decision to have no more dealings with Arafat further undermined peace prospects. Meanwhile in the West Bank town of Ramallah, a march turned violent on Friday when scores of demonstrators began throwing stones at Israeli army jeeps. The soldiers, positioned outside Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's offices, responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Earlier in the day, Arafat had attended Friday prayers at a local mosque. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...