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Mystery surrounds Israel intelligence chief's visit to London

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

London, May 28, IRNA -- Israeli Intelligence Services Minister Dan Meridor was reportedly visiting Britain to officially meet the US president’s Middle East envoy George Mitchell, but mystery surrounded why the talks were being held in London.

According to the Jewish Chronicle, Meridor’s office could not immediately explain why the meeting had to be held in Europe rather than in Israel or Washington. It said that it was also unclear whom else he met.

The weekly said that when it telephoned the Israeli Embassy in London to pose the questions, its spokesman, Lior Ben Dor, “hung up” when asked.

“The American Embassy in London would not even acknowledge that Mr Meridor was in town,” it also said.

“They're keeping everything about his visit very hush-hush", one veteran political observer in Israel told the paper.

The Jewish Chronicle believed that the meeting with Mitchell was ostensibly “to discuss the dismantling of Israeli settlements and American plans to talk to Iran about its nuclear programme.” No further details were provided.