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Israel postpones new round of Syria peace talks

DAMASCUS-A fifth round of indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel has been postponed at the request of the Jewish state, Syria's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Turkey, which has mediated four sessions of the contacts between the two countries, confirmed the delay in the talks which centre on the fate of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War."When Israel is ready to resume the talks, we will be ready as well," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told reporters in Damascus after a meeting with his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos in Damascus.
The fifth round had been scheduled for Thursday.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on September 4 the fifth round of indirect talks, originally scheduled for earlier this month, had been postponed at Israel's request because of the resignation of Israel's chief negotiator.Assad had described the round as "crucial". He said the talks had reached the point of determining how much Syrian territory was under Israeli occupation. The issue caused the collapse of almost a decade of formal talks in 2000.In Jerusalem, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev declined to go into detail on the delay but said Israel hoped the indirect negotiations would go on."Israel remains committed to the Turkish initiative and to the indirect talks with the Syrians. We are hopeful that the next round of talks will be able to begin shortly," he said.Members of Israel's ruling Kadima party voted on Wednesday for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has promised to resign following a corruption investigation in which he faces indictment.
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