Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian government yesterday ordered the Soviet Union and four other Eastern European nations to close their consulates and cultural centers outside Cairo, because it said those nations have tried to undermine Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's recent peace overtures to Isreal...
...does not apply to any centers those nations maintain within the Egyptian capital...
...Egyptian officials said yesterday they did not yet know if the government would set a formal deadline for closing the centers...
Prime Minister Mamhoud Salem, who announced the decision to the Egyptian parliament, said the countries had tried to stir up opposition to Sadat's peace initiatives by helping to arrange last weekend's summit of Arab states who have taken a firm line against recognition of Israel...
...governments of the five nations involved had not yet commented on the Egyptian decision last night...