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...Sadat plays Europe...
...anathema in much of the Arab world for his dealings with Israel, but there are still plenty of places where Anwar Sadat is considered something of a model statesman. Last week the Egyptian President went to Western Europe and came away with bravos ringing in his ears. He was given a standing ovation by the European Parliament, then a red carpet reception by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...
...Sadat had been invited to address the European Parliament in Luxembourg. With customary acumen, he seized the occasion to endorse a Middle East peace initiative the European leaders had agreed upon at their summit in Venice last June. But it was a qualified endorsement; he emphasized that the European effort should supplement rather than supplant the Camp David peace accords between Egypt and Israel. When an Italian Communist deputy held up a placard reading NO TO CAMP DAVID! Sadat departed from his text to say, with a smile, "I have not come here to sell Camp David...
Once again, Sadat came out forcefully against the inclusion of Jordan in any resumption of Palestinian autonomy talks. And though the Venice declaration called for the "association" of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Middle East negotiations, Sadat pointedly omit ted any mention of the P.L.O., a possible signal to the Europeans not to insist on P.L.O. involvement, at least not until a later stage...
...Sadat, accompanied by his wife Jehan, next flew to Paris for what had been billed as a two-day private visit to the French capital. Instead, it had all the makings of a state affair. Accompanied by his wife Anne-Aymone, the protocol-conscious Giscard broke with custom by meeting the Sadats at the airport (something he never does unless it is an official state visit), escorted them on a leisurely tour of the city, then hosted a lunch at the Elysee Palace. Afterward, Giscard and Sadat spent two hours talking privately...