Israel will not meet Egypt within the framework of the defunct Mixed Armistice Commission, although Israel is prepared to send her delegates to meet Egyptian representatives to discuss any subject Egypt cares to raise, official sources said tonight. They were commenting on a reported Egyptian decision to ask for a meeting of the MAC to “test Israel’s goodwill and peaceful intentions.”
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