Mordechai Gazit, Israel’s Ambassador-designate to France and Gen. Herzl Shafir, of the Army High Command, will sign the new interim pact with Egypt on Israel’s behalf in Geneva on Thursday. Gazit, former director general of the Prime Minister’s Office and Shafir, who signed the disengagement agreement with Syria last year, will comprise Israel’s technical team which will work out the details of the military protocol with Egypt necessary to implement the accord. The latter is expected to be signed at Geneva before the end of the month.
According to the Annex to the accord, representatives of the two parties will meet in the “military working group” in Geneva “to begin preparation of a detailed protocol for the implementation of the agreement” and to “assist in maintaining the scrupulous observance of the cease-fire and other elements of the agreement” which the two parties have agreed to regarding the definition of lines and areas.
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