In a speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington on Monday, Mr.Fillon listed four key issues that France wants to top the agenda at the economic summit.

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were at the top of his agenda. An Arab summit, earlier this year, called for Israel to accept a 2002 Arab peace plan, which calls for "full normalization, in exchange for the return of occupied lands."

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Which points to delay: perhaps a late November summit on top jobs, or a big discussion in December.

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Despite months of summit meetings and top-level consultations, a real antagonism has developed between Uganda and Rwanda.

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As my colleague, Laurence Norman reported Thursday, the British will get a seat at the top table on the summit due in late-January or early-February to discuss these matters.

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