Editing Warren Christopher (section)

===Oslo Accords, September 1993===
In August 1993, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meeting in [[Norway]] drew up the [[Oslo Accords]], which created the [[Palestinian Authority]] in exchange for Palestinian recognition of [[Israel's right to exist]]. Secretary Christopher accepted Israeli Foreign Minister [[Shimon Peres]]'s offer to host the signing ceremony. The ceremony took place in Washington D.C. on 13 September 1993, with [[Mahmoud Abbas]] signing for the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]], Peres signing for the [[Israel|State of Israel]], Secretary Christopher signing for the United States and [[Andrei Kozyrev]] signing for Russia, in the presence of President Clinton.<ref>Christopher, Warren. ''Chances of a Lifetime.'' (New York: Scribner Press, 2001) p. 200.</ref> Christopher was one of the main [[Visionary|visionaries]] and proponent of an [[Middle East economic integration|integrated Middle East]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~bmomani/WE-%20MEFTA.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311234338/http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~bmomani/WE-%20MEFTA.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-11 }}</ref>