President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt sent a message to Shimon Peres, congratulating him on becoming Premier of Israel and reportedly urging Israel to take “decisions that will remove obstacles on the path of the peace process.”
The message was conveyed to Peres today by the Egyptian Charge d’ Affairs, Mohammed Bassiouni. The latter, who is the ranking Egyptian diplomat in Israel since Cairo recalled its Ambassador two years ago, told reporters after his meeting with Peres that Egypt required three conditions for thawing its “cold peace” with Israel.
He said these were the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon; improvement in Israel’s relations with the Palestinians living under its occupation; and resumption of negotiations over Taba, a disputed strip of land on the Israeli-Egyptian border near Eilat.
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