CAIRO, Jan 5: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused the United States in an interview published on Friday of obstructing peace between Israel and Syria. “I believe America is preventing (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert from achieving peace with Syria,” Mubarak told the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth during Olmert’s visit to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Thursday.
Mubarak did not elaborate on his reasons for believing the United States was an obstacle to peace. During the war between Israel and the Lebanese guerilla group Hezbollah last year, media reports said the US opposed Israeli overtures towards contact with the Syrians.—Reuters
