Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met on Sunday 4 Tishrei in New York with the foreign ministers of Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece, Austria and Rwanda. FM Lieberman thanked his five colleagues for their countries’ vote last week against the anti-Israeli resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

FM Lieberman discussed with his colleagues the strengthening of bilateral relations as well as global issues. He noted that the greatest threat today to world stability is the persistent efforts by terror organizations to seize possession of weapons of mass destruction by taking over states. FM Lieberman told his counterparts that the free world must form a united front to combat these efforts.

On the Palestinian issue, FM Lieberman stated that the speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last Friday at the UN General Assembly renders him irrelevant to any attempt to achieve an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

On the negotiations between the world powers and Iran, FM Lieberman said he is pessimistic as to the chances of achieving a reasonable agreement, and that Iran must not be allowed to continue to pursue its nuclear program which is threatening the small measure of stability that still remains in the Middle East.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)