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1983 Supplement 2 American Foreign Policy Current Documents [1] (1983)

handle is hein.forrel/afpdoc0029 and id is 1 raw text is: U I I THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary BACKGROUND BRIEFING BY A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL FOLLOWING A MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH PRESIDENT NAVON OF ISRAEL January 5, 1983 The Briefing Room 1:57 P.M. EST MR. ROUSSEL: We have a Senior Administration Official who will brief today on the meeting with President Navon. This is a background briefing, attributable to a Senior Administration Official. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: President Navon met in the Oval Office at 11:30 a.m. He was joined by Mrs. Navon and they had a brief conversation with the President and photographs. Mrs. Navon then left and the two Presidents were then joined by the Senior Advisors and met in the Oval Office from 11:30 a.m. until about 11:50 a.m., at which point, they moved into the Cabinet Room for a larger plenary session which lasted from approximately 11:50 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. We then walked up to the State Dining Room for luncheon which, as you know, ended at 1:30 p.m. with the departure statements. Now, in addition to the meeting today between the two Presidents, Mrs. Reagan is going to be giving a tea for Mrs. Navon on Friday morning at, I think, 10:45 a.m. And those are the only arrangements that have been made for meetings in the White House. Now, as far as the meetings themselves were concerned, I'd characterize them as very friendly. You had a general exchange of views on the usual matters of common interest. President Reagan reaffirmed his ccmmitment to the security of Israel and his determination to pursue the peace initiative that was launched on September 1. President Navon spoke and made it very clear that he was speaking to express the views of all Israelis, expressing some concerns and attitudes that he felt .-he Lsrae-1i peonle shared at this point in time. Ne particularly made reference to tn= views on the need for an undivided Jerusalem and the objections withia, Israel to an independent Palestinian state. Aside from these points, there were some general conversations about international affairs, U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and China and, again, the President reaffirmed our concern over the events in the area and the United States' wish to see a very early withdrawal of forces from Lebanon and further progress on peace. I think there is really not much more to add to that. I'll answer a few questions if you've got them. Q Did the subject of settlements come up at all? SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: The President, in reviewing our position, did say that the -- reaffirmed what he said on September 1, that settlement activity was not helpful towards the peace process. Q Did Navon respond at all? MORE Digitized from Best Copy Available

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