Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir disclosed today that Israel and Egypt had agreed, during their three days of negotiations last week, to admit the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) into the disputed Taba region.
Shamir told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee that an observation post for the MFO would be erected in the 200-acre strip of beach south of Eilat which both countries claim. But there is still controversy over the composition of the force to be deployed there. Israel insists the area be controlled by Israeli police. The Egyptians are demanding an internal police unit, Shamir said.
With respect to overall relations with Cairo, Shamir said the Israeli Ambassador has conveyed a protest to the Egyptian authorities over the anti-Israel demonstrations at the recent Cairo Book Fair where an Israeli flag was burned while Egyptian police stood by without intervening. Israel had a stall at the fair.
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