Condoleezza Rice

    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will participate in a meeting with major powers involved in Middle East peace. A State Department spokesman said that Syria will also be taking part in the upcoming summit in Sharm a Sheikh. The spokesman said there will be an informal meeting between members of the Middle East Quartet (US, EU, UN, Russia) and the Arab League delegation designated to explain the league's Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative. Egypt and Jordan will also participate. The meeting will be held after the planned gathering of international leaders at Sharm for a security conference on Iraq.(12,33)