March 8, 2010 6:36 PM

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Joe Biden reaching West Asia today

U.S. vice President Joe Biden will reach West Asia this evening in an attempt to build support for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks despite deep skepticism on both sides. Joe Biden will meet Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders during the visit.<br/> Biden, will be the most senior American official to visit Israel since President Obama came to office in January 2009. The visits is seen significant following recently held Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo in which, they have agreed to back one last round of indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks despite scepticism over Israel's readiness to revive peace efforts. The administration of US President Barack Obama has struggled to revive talks between the Palestinians and Israel, suspended at the beginning of the Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza last year.

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