Peres can pick any job, Sharon says

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Peres can pick any job, Sharon says

Sunday 04 December 2005, 16:43 Makka Time, 13:43 GMT

Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, has said his new Kadima party will give Shimon Peres an important role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking if elected in March.

"I am happy and proud that Shimon Peres has decided to join us, in Kadima," Sharon told a news conference on Sunday with Peres at his side.

"I asked Shimon Peres to pick any job he wants. Shimon can fulfil any post, I believe with great success."

Peres, 82, left the Labour party, which voted him out as its leader last month, and threw his support behind Sharon on Wednesday, saying he was confident that the prime minister would seek peace with the Palestinians.

"Regardless of the job Shimon picks, it is crystal clear he will be a full and central partner in the diplomatic process," Sharon said, referring to peacemaking with the Palestinians

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2D3D6213-0E8B-4761-9B71-897438120817.htm

Sharon: If I win, Peres can have 'any job he wants'

Last update - 14:59 04/12/2005

By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press

Sharon said that the 82-year-old Peres would also play a key role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking in his government.

Peres told reporters he was forging a "grand partnership" with Sharon that would pursue Middle East peace and regional economic opportunities.

"I see an opportunity that we must not miss," Peres said.

Sharon reaffirmed his support for the internationally brokered road map, which charts reciprocal steps toward the creation of a Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel.

The prime minister expressed the hope that the Palestinian Authority would also follow the road map.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/653457.html