Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asked France today to help set up an international conference on the Middle East. Mubarak asked President Francois Mitterrand to help organize a preliminary West European group which would contact “both parties” — Israel and the Palestinians — to help set the stage for the actual conference.
Mubarak told reporters after his meeting with Mitterrand, “If the PLO accepts UN Security Council Resolution 242 there is no reason why it should not take part in the peace talks. ” He said the PLO “has not rejected the Jordanian proposal for the acceptance of Resolution 242 but is seeking a formula which would also ensure the recognition of their right to self-determination”
Asked about a possible meeting with Israeli Premier Shimon Peres, he said: “We shall meet in the future. There is no doubt about it. I cannot say when.”
Mubarak is leaving tomorrow for Bonn for meetings with West German leaders. There is no chance that he will meet with Israeli Premier Shimon Peres because Peres is leaving West Germany tonight to return to Israel upon his completion of his official visit there.
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