Bush Plans Key Meetings on Sidelines of UN Meeting (1/3)

The president's meetings on Monday will focus on the Middle East. He is scheduled to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

He then meets with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is now representing the so-called Middle East Quartet, which includes the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.

Mr. Bush also meets with the President of Brazil and attends a dinner at U.N. headquarters focusing on climate change.

Tuesday morning, President Bush meets with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before addressing the General Assembly. White House officials say those remarks will focus on efforts to increase U.N. involvement in bringing peace to Iraq.

Speaking to reporters at the White House this past week, Mr. Bush acknowledged that the pace of political progress in Baghdad has been slower than expected. When he announced plans to send reinforcements to Iraq earlier this year, one of his goals was to have Iraqis in charge of security in all 18 provinces by November.

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总统将在周一重点就中东问题展开会议讨论。按计划他将与巴勒斯坦总统Mahmoud Abbas和首相Salam Fayyad举行会谈。

然后他和英国前首相，此次中东四方会谈特使Tony Blair举行会晤。中东四方会谈推动方包括美国、俄罗斯、欧盟和联合国。

与此同时布什要和巴西总统会晤，并参加在联合国总部举行的有关气候变暖的晚宴。

周二早上，总统布什要赶在联合国大会演讲之前和秘书长潘基文会面。白宫官员称演讲将就联合国更大程度参与伊拉克和平事务的特别行动重点展开阐述。

布什在上周接受记者采访，谈及此事时承认，巴格达的政治进步速度较预期缓慢。他在今年早些时候宣布向伊增兵的计划时的一个目的在于，到11月时，伊拉克人民能够控制伊所有18个省的安全局势。