¡¡WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet at the Camp David presidential retreat near Washington on Jan. 31 to discuss the Iraq issue, agencies reports said Wednesday.

¡¡¡¡The timing of the summit believed to be significant because of two closely related events: UN weapons inspectors plan to report to the UN Security Council about Iraq's compliance with UN resolution 1441 on Jan. 27, and President Bush is slated to deliver his State of the Union address the following day.

¡¡¡¡The White House reportedly hopes that coupled with the two events, the meeting in Camp David, Maryland, can help build momentum against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

¡¡¡¡US officials said last month that the Bush administration had set the last week of January as a make-or-break point in its stand-off with Iraq.

¡¡¡¡Although the US military has since speeded up its military buildup in the Gulf region, Washington insists that it has yet decided on whether it will go into a war with Iraq. Enditem

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