West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher will visit Israel for talks with Foreign Minister Yigal Allon early in March, about a fortnight after visits to Jordan and Syria. The visit was originally planned for a later date, but Genscher reportedly brought the date forward because of the Israeli general elections. This will be his second visit to Israel.
While he is understood to have no concrete proposals for a Mideast peace settlement, Genscher is believed to be anxious to impress on all parties the urgency of a settlement and what he considers are positive prospects for its attainment.
Meanwhile, it is understood that the release of Abu Daoud two weeks ago by France is likely to be discussed by top German and French justice officials during Franco-German consultations led by Chancellor Helmut-Schmidt and French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing next month, according to informed sources. But Schmidt himself is unlikely to raise the issue.
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