British Will Deal With Arafat If He Re-elected: FM

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British Will Deal With Arafat If He Re-elected: FM

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday that Britain would deal with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat if he is re-elected by the Palestinian Authority.

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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday that Britain would deal with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat if he is re-elected by the Palestinian Authority.

"If President Arafat were re-elected by the Palestinian Authority we would deal with him," Straw told the House of Commons.

"We deal with the leaders that are elected and, in the case of dictatorial regimes, with those that are not elected," he said.

The remarks were made after the United States President George W. Bush called for Arafat to be ousted in a Middle East policy speech on Monday.

Quite different to the U.S., Britain had repeatedly made it clear that it respects the Palestinian peoples' choice and Arafat should not be neglected in the Middle East peace process. Straw had also urged the Israelis to show restrict when dealing with theself-suicide attacks carried out by Palestinian extremists.

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