Official Tunisian sources here categorically denied today reports that Tunisian envoys in Asia and the Middle East were working to bring about an Arab-Israel conference patterned after the Soviet-sponsored Tashkent cease-fire between Pakistan and India.
The sources said they were convinced that no initiative of that kind had been undertaken by Tunisian representatives. The reports stemmed from a series of visits by Mongi Slim as personal representative of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba to India and Iran and other Middle East capitals after the Tashkent settlement.
Earlier this week, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban said, in response to the reports, that Israel would be ready to attend any conference at which it could meet with the Arabs.
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