President Bush said Saturday he was not ready to propose a timetable toward the establishment of a Palestinian state. "We're not ready to lay down a specific calendar, except for the fact that we've got to get started quickly, soon, so that we can seize the moment," Bush said at a joint news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after they held talks at the presidential retreat.
Mubarak, in his opening statement, called for strong American engagement "in the context of an agreed time frame that should lead to establishment" of a Palestinian state. He had gone to Camp David proposing the declaration of a Palestinian state before negotiations on its final borders.
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