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Sharon in Washington for Road Map Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is meeting U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in Washington on Monday.

He will be hosted at the White House by President George W. Bush on Tuesday.

His visit follows that of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud ‘Abbas last week.

Both men are being accorded the same courtesy in the White House: a half-hour meeting, brief statements to the media and then lunch.

Middle Eastern analysts say the U.S. is trying hard to show ‘Abbas it is treating him as an equal to Sharon as long as the Palestinian Authority moves in the direction of peace.