Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will visit Cairo later this month for talks with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, it was announced Wednesday. The talks will be a continuation of their meeting in Alexandria five months ago when the principal topic was an international conference for Middle East peace and the conditions under which it could be convened.
Meanwhile, Peres told reporters Wednesday that while Israel has not been asked by the U.S. to help in any military operation to free American hostages held by extremist groups in Lebanon, “If we are, we shall be ready to consider it.” He said, however, “I do not believe we shall receive such a request.”
The subject was raised when Peres, on a visit to Kiryat Gat, observed that the U.S. Sixth Fleet operating off the Lebanese coast was sending a strong message to the Lebanese people. He said the latter have deteriorated to an unprecedented level of lawlessness, unhindered by anyone so far. He said he could not “guess exactly” what American intentions are toward Lebanon.
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