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                           THE WHITE HOUSE
                    Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release December 11 1995

                    REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON
                                 AND
                PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES OF ISRAEL
                        IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

The Oval Office

10:46 A.M. EST

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Good morning everyone. It's a pleasure and an honor to have the Prime Minister here. We're about to start our talks. And as you know, after we have those talks, we will have a press conference, and we'll be available for your questions. But I'm very much looking forward to continuing our work on the peace process and continuing our strong partnership.

Q Will you, Mr. President, become actively involved in an Israeli-Syrian track?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Well, we're going to -- let us have our talk, and I'll be glad to answer the questions after we finish our visit.

Thank you.

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Good morning everyone. I want to welcome the Prime Minister here. It's a pleasure to have him here and a privilege to continue our partnership, our search for peace. I'm looking forward to our visit. And, of course, after the visit we'll have a press conference and the opportunity to answer your questions.

PRIME MINISTER PERES: May I say the President has changed our hearts and changed our language. He changed our hearts by a very moving appearance at the funeral of the late Yitzhak Rabin. And he changed our language by adding two words that were never in our vocabulary -- shalom, chaver. It became a household expression.

THE PRESS: Thank you.

END 10:50 A.M. EST