A system whereby Israelis and Egyptians will be able to obtain visas to visit each other’s countries was agreed to during Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan’s talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo last week. The Foreign Ministry is expected to announce the procedure here within the next few days.
A special unit was established by the Ministry Friday. Under the agreement it will act as a “Consulate” for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and pass on visa requests to the authorities in Cairo. They in turn would be expected to respond within 10-14 days. A similar procedure would apply to Egyptians seeking visas for Israel. The first Israeli tourists in fact, arrived in Port Said over the weekend, all of them with foreign passports in addition to their Israeli passports. One young woman, however, had only an Israeli passport but received an Egyptian entry visa nonetheless.
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