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Egypt-Israel cease-fire

2023-11-12
CHECKPOINT 101 (SUEZ-CAIRO ROAD): A six-point cease-fire agreement between Egypt and Israel was signed at this point 101 kilometres ... from Cairo today [Nov 11].

Three copies of the six-point accord, in English, [were] signed by Egyptian Assistant Chief of Staff, Gen Mohammed Abdel Ghani Ghammassi ... and Israeli Assistant Chief of Staff, Gen Aharon Yariv ... a UN spokesman said. After the signing, Egyptians and Israelis exchanged views on ways to apply the accord. ... The signing of today`s Middle East accord ... did not justify easing the Arab oil measures, Kuwaiti officials said today, while local newspapers charged that Egypt had given in too easily. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Lahore,] Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said here today [Nov 11] that he still felt the need of a Muslim summit because of its value. Replying to questions by newsmen ... he said that if Pakistan was chosen as its venue, then it would require a little bit of time to host it. ... `The conference has the support ... of a number of Muslim countries.

But when it would be held is difficult for me to say. ... We have been asked to hold the conference in Pakistan, and we welcome it. I have chosen the city of Lahore for this conference.