Israel and Jordan were very close to an understanding on the Latrun area a few weeks ago, but apparently Jordanian extremists have been able to influence the government against reaching an agreement, Israeli Minister Eliahu Elath today told a press conference here.
He also said that Israel had been trying all along to carry out the terms of the armistice agreement reached with Jordan on Rhodes in 1948, and added that the Jewish State was looking forward to turning the armistice agreement into a stable peace pact. Jordan, on the other hand, has been stubbornly refusing to live up to the section of the armistice agreement which calls for reopening of the Latrun road and the road to Mt. Scopus, Mr. Elath pointed out.
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