The Israel-Egypt joint military commission today opened a two-day meeting to discuss security arrangements in the Sinai. The session opened this morning in Beersheba and look up security problems in the disputed Taba area south of Eilat, site of the Rafi Nelson beachcombers village and of a new luxury hotel under construction.
Pending a decision on the future of the area, including sovereignty over it, a unit of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) organization is to patrol the area. The commission’s members are due to continue their meeting tomorrow at the MFO headquarters at Elgorah in the Sinai — the former Israeli air force base of Eitam near Eilat. They will hear a report on the MFO dispositions to be given by the force commander.
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