Abbas sees quick solution for captured Israeli soldier

ROME, July 27 (Reuters) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today said he believed a solution was imminent in the case of an Israeli soldier abducted last month in Israel that has triggered a major military offensive by Israel.

Abbas was speaking to reporters in Rome after talks with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

''I told the prime minister that as far as the question of the abducted Israeli soldier is concerned efforts are undergoing continuously that lead us to believe that the solution will be imminent,'' he said.

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