Crucial talks begin on Middle East peace
NZPA-Reuter Washington President Carter, of the United States convinced that this may be the most propitious time for peace between the Arabs and Israel, has begun two-days of talks with a central figure in the Middle East, Crown Prince Fahd Ibn Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. Prince Fahd is First Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, the vast oil wealth of which enables it to help finance the three “confrontation States” facing Israel — Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. He arrived in Washington fresh from a three-Power summit in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, attended by his brother. King Khaled, and Presidents Sadat of Egypt and Assad of Syria. President Carter said in a major foreign policy speech on Sunday that this might 1 be the most propitious time for a genuine settlement since the beginning of the (Arab-Israeli conflict. He added: “To let this op-
portunity pass could mean disaster, noi only for the Middle East but perhaps f or the international political and economic order as wel 1 .” The election result, and its i implications for peace in the Middle East, were discussed at the Riyadh summit. Prince Fahd is expected Io relay to Mr Carter the three Arab leaders’ views of tW Middle East situation in the ) light of the change of power : in Israel. According to independent Middle East experts in Washington, Prince Fahd will seek a reassurance from the new American President that the United Stales can; still persuade Israel to negotiate peace at a Geneva conference. Mr Carier had said before last Tuesday’s upset Israeli election that he expected a Geneva conference to be held this year. 1] In Cairo, the semi-official 1 newspaper “Al Ahram” re- < ported the Egyptian f oreign Minister (Mr Ismail Fahmi) 1 as saying that Mr Carter < was committed to reconven- < ing the Geneva Middle East 1
Peace conference this year regardless of political changes in Israel. Oil, and questions of Saudi supply and American demand, will also be discussed during the Washington meetings.
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