Kissinger starts M.E. mission
NZPA New York The former United States Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, has left for the Middle East on a private visit, reportedly with the blessings of President-elect Ronald Reagan. Dr Kissinger was heading to Egypt, via Paris, for a week of meetings with President Anwar Sadat, to be followed by several days of discussions with the Israeli Prime Minister (Mr Menachem Begin). Dr Kissinger also has scheduled stops in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Morocco, and possibly Jordan. The stated purpose of the tour is to assess the prospects for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. Aides say Dr Kissinger was making the trip as a private citizen, but sources
close to him said he received approval from Mr Reagan and from Alexander Haig, Dr Kissinger’s former subordinate and the Secretary of State-designate. The Soviet news agency, Tass, in a dispatch from Washington, quoted a Kissinger aide as saying that the visit was designed to get the Egyptian-Israeli talks out of an impasse.” . Egypt has asked that the stalled trilateral talks on Palestinian automonv, involving Egypt, Israel, and the United States, be postponed, the semi-official daily "Al Ahram” has reported in Cairo. , , The next round of automony talks, to be held at experts’ level in Tel Aviv, has been scheduled for January 13 and 14.
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