EGYPT: PRESIDENT SADAT RETURNS HOME FROM UNITED STATES AFTER GAINING SUPPORT FOR STEPS TOWARDS MID-EAST PEACE TALKS.

Record ID: 338435

  • Title: EGYPT: PRESIDENT SADAT RETURNS HOME FROM UNITED STATES AFTER GAINING SUPPORT FOR STEPS TOWARDS MID-EAST PEACE TALKS.
  • Date: 11th April 1977
  • Summary: 1. GV EXTERIOR Airport building, Cairo, Egypt, ZOOM IN TO CU flag 0.05 2. SV President Anwar Sadat of Egypt down aircraft steps and greeted by Vice-President Hosni Mubarek 0.19 3. SVs Sadat greeting others (2 shots) 0.45 Initials OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th April 1977 13:00
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  • Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVACWJ9OX70XK5EE0KDUUA29OETH
  • Story Text: INTRODUCTION President Anwar Sadat has returned home to Egypt after talks with president Jimmy Carter in the united States, having gained firm support for taking practical steps towards a resumption of the 1973 Geneva Middle East peace conference. During their talks both presidents agreed the time was ripe for a major effort toward resuming the talks, and they agreed to work together towards getting them started later this year.

    SYNOPSIS: President Sadat flew back to Cairo on Saturday (9 April) to a welcome led by Vice-President Hosni Mubarek. His visit to the United States was the first by an Arab head of state since President Carter took power in January. One of the important achievements in Washington was the establishment of a good working relationship between the two men. president Sadat is leading the Arab initiative towards the peace talks, while the United States remains Israel's major ally. President Sadat's visit followed one by Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin.

    As a result of the visit, a U.S. working group headed by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance is being set up to contact all parties involved, including the Soviet union. The group will try to narrow the remaining differences, and will visit the Middle East. The major remaining area of disagreement is one of borders with President Sadat rejecting U.S. suggestions that Israel be allowed to set up a buffer zone between it and the proposed independent Palestine on the West Bank.
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