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Egypt Reported to Take Steps to Distance Itself from Israel

November 27, 1987
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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has secretly instructed its embassies around the world not to invite Israeli diplomats in various countries to festive Egyptian events, according to Al-Mustaqbal, a Paris-based, Arab-language weekly.

The development, which comes in the aftermath of Egypt’s resumption of diplomatic relations with nine Arab countries, was reported Wednesday by Sheffi Gabai, Arab affairs correspondent of the Israeli daily Maariv, who quoted the Paris weekly’s report. The weekly also quoted Jordanian Foreign Minister Taher Al-Masri as saying that the Arab summit decision permitting member countries to renew relations with Egypt is designed to cut Egypt off from the Camp David accords with Israel.

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