West Bank - Erekat on Madeleine Albright's visit

(30 Aug 1997) T/I 10:58:21 Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority demanded on Saturday (30/8) that Israel withdraw its troops from part of the West Bank before next month's visit by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to the region. SHOWS: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK 29/08 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's car arrives; security around car as Arafat gets out; cutaway cameraman; Arafat waves and walks up steps; WS interior Palestinina cabinet meeting photo opportunity; CU Arafat; VS cabinet meeting; Arafat exits building; cutaway cameraman; Negotiator, Saeb Erekat SOT: "Madame Albright called President Arafat tonight and our expectation of Madame Albright's visit is we will exert and we should exert together every possible effort to restore credibility amongst the peace process and restore and put the peace process back on track. We believe that Madame Albright's visit should concentrate on the substance, mainly the impementations of resolutions 242 and 338 vis a vis land for peace, the cessation of unilateral Israeli steps that prejudge and pre-empt the issues of the permanent status, especially in the settlement activities, and confiscation of land and house demolitions, and also the implementation, the accurate and precise implementation, of outstanding commitments of the interim agreement. Along with the security cooperation we believe that this package which was announced by Madame Albright in her speech constitutes a realistic approach and we hope that her visit will be based on the terms of reference of the peace process and the agreement signed"; WS municipality building; RUNS: 2.26 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...