The Egyptian Embassy here today described as “false” the charge that Egypt is already interfering with free traffic on the Suez Canal by refusing the passage of Israeli ships. In a release entitled “The Suez Canal–Facts and Figures,” the Embassy said in regard to rights of Israeli ships on the canal:
“All Israeli non-strategic goods are allowed to proceed in the canal to their destinations without interference, and the volume of such goods has been on the increase. Only Israel-bound strategic materials and Israeli ships are barred from the canal, because it should be remembered that Israel is still technically at war with Egypt and Article 10 of the 1888 convention regarding the neutrality of the canal upholds Egypt’s action in this respect.”
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