EVIAN, France, June 2 Kyodo U Pre...

EVIAN, France, June 2 Kyodo

U President George W Bush left the ongoing collection of Eight (G-8) summit in Evian, France, forward Monday afternoon to start a Middle East tour to excite the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Bush will grasp a three-way meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan, forward Wednesday in a bid to place the U.S.-backed ''road map'' for peace in succession track after the military victory in Iraq.

Before visiting Aqaba, Bush will float to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt where he will encounter Arab leaders Tuesday to prosecute backing for his Middle East peace meditation.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will innkeeper the meeting between Bush and Arab leaders in Sharm el Sheikh. Other participants are Abbas, Saudi garland Prince Abdullah, Jordan's King Abdullah and King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain.

This will mark Bush's first presidential trip to the Middle East and his biggest personal investment in the peace effort.

The U.S.-backed road map, which envisions a Palestinian state as early as 2005 calls for an immediate cease-fire, then reciprocal stairs by the two parties.

It calls in succession Palestinians to disarm militant clumps responsible for suicide bombings while requiring Israelis to solidify by cold the construction of Jewish reconciliations and pull back troops from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

To start the Middle East tour, Bush skipped half of the G-8 summit's scheduled events

He participated merely in Sunday's working lunch and dinner as well as Monday morning's discussions about economic issues and working lunch

the same of the major focuses of this year's G-8 summit is a mending of the transatlantic rift throughout the Iraq war, but the G-8 will wrap up their three-day summit Tuesday without the carriage of Bush.

Before departing Evian for Sharm el Sheikh via Geneva, Bush made a courtesy call upon French President Jacques Chirac, who l international efforts to form the U.S. military campaign in Iraq.

This marked the first face-to-face meeting between Bush and Chirac since last November.

Bush arrived in Evian after visiting Poland and Russia.

He will conclusion a weeklong European and Middle East tour Thursday with a meeting in Doha, Qatar, with U Army Gen Tommy Franks, who is in charge of U operations in Iraq, and Jerry Bremer the U civilian administrative chief in Iraq.

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