Palestinian leader Abbas receives EU envoy, church delegation

Voice of Palestine, Ramallah
23 Dec 04

PLO Executive Committee Chairman Mahmud Abbas, Abu-Mazin, received
Marc Otte, the European envoy for the Middle East peace process,
at the presidential compound this morning. The meeting dealt with
the efforts being exerted to revive the peace process as well the
forthcoming presidential elections.

Abbas had earlier received a Jerusalem church delegation headed by
Armenian Patriarch Torkom Manoogian and a number of patriarchs and
bishops on the occasion of the advent of Christmas.