Word: moustafa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian and Israeli representatives meanwhile met in Alexandria for a sixth-and noisy-round of talks on Palestinian autonomy. The opening session turned stormy when Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Khalil pounded his fist on the table and barked that "good faith" had been "shattered" by the Israeli decision to allow its citizens to purchase land on the West Bank. Israeli Minister of the Interior Yosef Burg sarcastically retorted that the Egyptians were "using a big gun to shoot a small bird...
Strauss first flew to Cairo for meetings with Prime Minister Moustafa Khalil, who heads Egypt's negotiating team, and then called on President Sadat at his hilltop retreat overlooking the Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo. Sadat seated Strauss at the evening session so that while he talked the Ambassador would have a compelling view of the Pyramids, illuminated by a bright harvest moon. Strauss later informed Carter: "Under those conditions, whatever Sadat had to sell, I would have bought...
...Shah patched up relations with the Baghdad regime to gain a favorable settlement of a boundary dispute. As part of the deal, he cut off supplies to the Kurds and closed his border to the retreating rebels. Kurdish Leader Moustafa Barzani, who died in Washington early this month at age 86, pleaded in vain for continued American help...
...flight to Cairo, a senior presidential aide stressed that Carter was "not particularly" optimistic and was "well aware of the fact that it is much easier for things to go wrong than to go right." This caution seemed warranted, for even before the Americans had landed, Egyptian Premier Moustafa Khalil had announced that his Cabinet had not accepted all the U.S. compromise proposals. Said Khalil: "There will be a few changes...
...whom Menachem Begin refused to meet last week, Egypt's Premier Moustafa Khalil, guards his privacy so carefully that he is not even listed in Who's Who in Egypt, but he most certainly does have the authority to negotiate for Egypt with Begin or anyone else. He enjoys not only the support of President Sadat but also considerable respect among both conservatives and liberals in Egypt...