Defense Minister Shimon Peres revealed today that Israel has lodged a complaint with Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo, the commander of the UN peace-keeping force, about a number of violations of the interim Sinai agreement by Egypt. These violations, Peres told the Cabinet, included a flight of Egyptian helicopters over the buffer zone, the movement of Bedouins from the north to the south in the buffer zone and the larger than permitted number of army regiments east of the Suez Canal. Siilasvuo, who met with Peres Friday, promised to take up the complaint with the Egyptians.
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