A Labor Party delegation headed by party chairman Shimon Peres will make an official visit to Rumania next week where it is expected to meet with Rumanian President Nicolae Ceausescu. Peres has received a message from the Rumanian President that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat briefed him on the Egyptian leader’s talk with Peres in Salzburg, Austria, earlier this month.
Peres said the invitation to the Labor Party indicates Rumania’s great interest in Middle East affairs. He will be accompanied by MKs Chaim Barlev and Moshe Shahal, and Israel Gatt, head of the Labor Party’s foreign relations department. A Mapam delegation is leaving for Rumania tomorrow. It includes party secretary general Meir Talmi, political secretary Victor Shemtov, Kibbutz Artzi secretary Nathan Peled, and Yousouf Hamis, a member of the party center.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
