Premier Menachem Begin cabled his congratulations to Hosni Mubarak upon his succession as President of Egypt and reiterated “the pledges that we gave each other when we met in Cairo (last Saturday at the funeral of President Anwar Sadat), namely: peace forever, the peace process will continue.” Begin wished Mubarak “success in the great task which the Egyptian people has entrusted to you.”
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