The Egyptian Foreign Ministry last night denied press reports predicting a resumption of hostilities between Israel and Egypt upon the expiration of the armistice agreement between the two nations next month, Renters reported today from Cairo.
“The armistice agreement between Egypt and Israel concluded on February 24, 1949, will be effective until a final peace settlement is reached,” a Ministry statement said. It referred to Articles I and II of the pact, in which the parties promised not to resort to hostile acts pending conclusion of a peace treaty.
Reuters also reported, from Haifa, that the first Israel-bound vessel, the British steamer Britannia, had passed safely through the Egyptian-Controlled Suez Canal and arrived at the Israel seaport today. The dispatch quoted the captain of the ship as saying that he had been well treated by the Egyptian authorities when the Britannia called at Jedda and Port Said.
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