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Israel's Barak to meet US envoy Mitchell next week

JERUSALEM
Sun Jul 5, 2009 5:36am EDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will fly to London on Sunday for a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, an Israeli official said on Friday.

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The meeting between Barak and Mitchell, U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, will be their second in a few days after they held meetings in New York on Tuesday.

"Defense Minister Barak will leave on Sunday night for a meeting on Monday with U.S. peace envoy George Mitchell and will possibly have other meetings," the Israeli official said in a statement.
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