Egyptian, Israeli officials discuss peace, NPT at talks. Israeli and Egyptian officials met this week in Cairo for talks aimed at improving relations between the two countries.
Six members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee made the visit, committee head Ori Orr said.
Sunday’s trip marked the first official visit of an Israeli Parliamentary delegation to Egypt.
The group met with President Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Amre Mouss.
Discussion topics included the peace process and the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is up for renewal in April and has been a source of tension between the two countries.
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