Defense Minister Ariel Sharon notified the Egyptian Defense Ministry Thursday that he must either cancel or postpone his planned visit to Egypt next week to discuss details of the future border between the two countries. Sharon is understood to be ##illing to leave Israel at a time when the army is engaged in removing squatters from Sinai, and especially the Yamit area, in preparation for the return of Sinai to Egypt April 25. Sharon had been invited to Egypt by Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala.
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