Foreign Minister Yigal Allon has relayed to the United Nations Israel’s agreement to the reconvening of the Geneva conference on the basis of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 and with participation limited to the original parties who attended the brief opening session in Dec. 1973 at the invitation of the UN. Allon offered Israel’s assent on those terms to UN Undersecretary Roberto Guyer who arrived here yesterday on the first leg of a mission to the Middle East on behalf of Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
Allon and Guyer held a breakfast meeting prior to the Foreign Minister’s departure today on a visit to France, Mexico and three Central American countries. Guyer will visit several Arab capitals to ascertain the Arab position on reconvening the Geneva conference. Sources said that since Israel was his first stop there was nothing much to discuss about Geneva beyond Israel’s willingness to participate in the talks within the original framework.
Before taking off on his trip, Allon was asked about Israel’s agreement to explore Arab attitudes toward non-belligerence. The Foreign Minister had such an examination was necessary to find out if there is any basis for initiating discussions of non-belligerence. If the Arabs are willing to talk about ending the state of war, only then would Israel be required to discuss territorial concessions, Allon said.
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