Word: cairo
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...talks. His reason: Israeli Premier Menachem Begin had said that security in the West Bank and Gaza "must remain exclusively in Israel's hands, and nobody else can interfere." But after a telephone talk with his friend Jimmy Carter, Sadat told the People's Assembly in Cairo on Wednesday that negotiations with Israel would resume despite a "formidable gap" dividing the Egyptian and Israeli positions. Then, 24 hours later, Sadat reversed himself once more. His new view: negotiations could not be resumed until Israel refrained from passing legislation that violated "the spirit and laws of Camp David...
Britain's Deputy Foreign Secretary Sir Ian Gilmour visited Cairo last week and later reported that the notion of a Western European initiative had been "very warmly received" by top Egyptian officials. Gilmour stressed that any Western European action would be "complementary to and not a replacement of the Camp David peace process. But he also noted that because the interests of Western Europe and the Middle East were so "deeply intertwined"-not least where oil supplies are concerned-the Europeans could not afford to allow the peace process to languish in limbo during an American election year...
...Egyptians appear to share the European dismay that the U.S. has not done more to push Israel toward compromise. Since the last round of autonomy negotiations ended in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzlia two weeks ago, Cairo's negotiators have grumbled about the timid conceptual approach adopted by the U.S. at the bargaining table. Despite his valiant efforts to find common ground between the two sides, U.S. Special Middle East Ambassador Sol Linowitz has been criticized in Cairo for failing to rise above an arbitrator's role and assume a more forceful position in the negotiations...
...accommodate the growing number of U.S. diplomats and advisers arriving in Egypt, construction will begin next year in downtown Cairo on a gleaming new embassy, complete with sweeping drive and reflecting pool. Although the State Department has not yet approved a final design, the main building will be at least 15 stories tall. The $43 million structure will replace the present embassy, a sprawling, overcrowded hodgepodge of half a dozen buildings...
...past three months, when the talks have seemed hopelessly stalled, why had Sadat now decided to stop them? One theory was that he did so as a way of putting pressure on the Israelis to make a gesture of good faith that would get the negotiations moving again. In Cairo, there was speculation that Sadat might have some kind of dramatic initiative in mind. Sadat has repeatedly declared that "a new situation will arise" unless meaningful progress is achieved by the target date. Some Egyptian officials believe the only way to salvage the negotiations is for President Carter to call...