Fresh impetus for Sadat
NZPA-Reuter Aswan, Egypt
President Anwar Sadat’s Middle East peace initiative gathered fresh momentum yesterday after he and President Jimmy Carter appeared to have narrowed their differences over the future of the Palestinians. Well-informed sources, speaking after the 50-minute meeting between the two leaders at Aswan, said Mr Sadat was planning separate meetings in Aswan this month with King Hussein of Jordan, the Shah of Iran, and King Hassan of Morocco. King Hussein, a key figure in any Middle East settlement, has so far not taken a direct part in the Egyptian-Israeli peace effort, although he has prasied Mr Sadat’s “courage” for initiating the dialogue. In a statement after the talks, President Carter urged compromise over the Palestinian problem. The issue has been a big stumbling block in the peace moves, with Israel only prepared to offer limited selfrule to the Palestinians on the West Bank of the River Jordan and in the Gaza Strip and Egypt insisting on selfdetermination. Late last month President Carter said he opposed the idea of an independent Palestinian State. The view was criticised by President Sadat, and Egyptian officials said it was’ tantamount to backing the Israeli position. But at Aswan Mr Carter emphasised that a Middle East settlement must recognise Palestinian rights and allow them to participate in deciding their own future. The statement came close to calling for the Palestinian self-determination sought by Egypt. The Israeli Prime Minister (Mr Menachem Begin) made it clear in Jerusalem yesterday that the Sadat-Carter meeting had not changed Israel’s position on the Palestinians. .
He said self-determination for the Palestinians would be “a mortal danger for Israel,” and he would never agree to it.
Fresh impetus for Sadat
Press, 6 January 1978, Page 5
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