INDONESIA: Palestinian president drums up Muslim support

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Updated October 23, 2007 20:15:17

Palestinean president Mahmoud Abbas is in Indonesia to drum up support from his Muslim allies in Asia ahead of a planned conference later this year on peace in the Middle East. Mr Abbas says he's optimistic of a concrete outcome, saying he's confident a resolution will be found by the end of 2008.

Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas; Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; Dr Damien Kingsbury, Associate Head of the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University (Melbourne); Syafii Anwar, executive director of the International Centre for Islam and Pluralism in Jakarta.

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