MAHMUD ABBAS AND DAVID WELCH
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (L) meets with US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch in the Jordan on February 2006. (UPI Photo/Omar Rashidi/HO) .
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