Members of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine returned here today from Alexandria where they met with Egyptian Government leaders, including the Foreign Minister. The Commission members were scheduled to leave for Jordan this evening for two days of consultations with Jordanian officials in their efforts to renew Arab-Israel peace negotiations.
A Commission communique issued last night said that the U.N. officials discussed with the Egyptian Foreign Minister the Commission’s latest proposals for the initiation of direct peace talks under the Commission’s auspices and also the problem of the Palestine Arab refugees.
It is understood here that the Commission members intend to raise the same points with Jordan Government leaders. Last June the Amman regime refused to enter into direct peace talks with Israel “for reasons of solidarity with Arab brother states and for want of evidence of goodwill on the part of Israel, which is driving the Arab tribes from southern Palestine.”
The Amman statement indicated, however, that “if evidence of good faith is forthcoming from the other side, as well as willingness to reconsider the situation on the basis of safeguards for Arab rights,” then the Jordan Government would reconsider its stand.
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