Demarcation of the border between Israel and Syria-a measure proposed by United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for the purpose of lessening Syrian-Israel tensions–will start next week as a result of discussions held yesterday.
Syrian and Israeli surveyors met yesterday on the Bnot Yaacov bridge, under the auspices of UN observers, and agreed that border marking, with the aid of concrete white painted poles, should start next week. The Bnot Yaacov bridge has been a trouble spot which figured often in debates at the UN Security Council on Israel-Syrian conflicts.
At the same time the Jordanian delegation to the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission apologized to Israel yesterday for the murder of an Israeli night watchman, who as killed at down on Wednesday while on duty at the settlement of Ramat Rachel. The Jordanians promised to take energetic steps to apprehend the infiltrators responsible for the murder, and emphasized their desire for tranquility along the border.
United Nations investigators had traced footprints from the site of the murder to the Bethlehem highway on the Jordanian side of the border. In view of Jordan’s apology and general attitude of condemnation against the killers, Israel’s delegation on the Mixed Armistice Commission did not enter a formal request for a Commission hearing which, undoubtedly, would have resulted in formal condemnation of Jordan.
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