Bush to meet Israeli leader at Texas ranch on April 11

PENSACOLA, Florida - US President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his Texas ranch on April 11, the White House announced Friday.
The two will discuss the Middle East peace process and the US war on terrorism, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in a statement released as Bush visited Pensacola in the southern state of Florida.
Sharon has been welcomed to the White House by Bush several times but it will be his first visit to the president's ranch at Crawford.
Israeli radio said Palestinian Authority chief Mahmud Abbas was expected to be invited to the United States at an as yet unspecified date.

03/18/2005 14:21 GMT