The armistice agreement between Israel and Egypt is not expected to be signed before Wednesday, Israeli Foreign-Minister Moshe Shertok stated tore last night. The clauses in that agreement as finally drafted still have to be approved by Egypt, he said.
A dispatch from Rhodes repotted that a Trans Jordan delegation is expected to arrive there Thursday. Israeli-Trans Jordan armistice negotiations will begin on Friday, the dispatch added. This was announced by acting mediator Ralph J. Bunche’s office on the island.)
Shertok stressed that nothing yet has been drafted as to negotiations with the Lebanon, but he expressed the hope that after the signing with Egypt, negotiations would begin with the other Arab states.
Shertok also said, in commenting on Turkey, that the Ankara Government is not ready to recognize Israel because it desires to stay neutral while a member of the United Nations Conciliation Commission. He commented that that was understandable because the other two members of the Commission, the United States and France, represented powers which have recognized Israel.
The Israeli Foreign Minister revealed that diplomatic representatives of his country in Eastern Europe are negotiating for Jewish immigration to Israel.
Meanwhile, an official spokesman today discounted an Arab radio report that Egypt had accepted the pact negotiated at Rhodes, He added that Israel had not reed any official intimation of this development. He revealed that several members ### the Israeli delegation including Foreign Office expert Shiloah, had returned to Tel Aviv from Rhodes.
Turning to the possibility of opening negotiations with Trans Jordan, the spokesman said the Israeli Government has thus far not been notified of the commence of such talks. In any event, he said, the parley will probably not be held before next week. The composition of the Israeli delegation to the Trans Jordan parley is now under consideration and it is considered likely that the majority of the members of the delegation to the first negotiations will serve during the second set.
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