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Jerusalem (JTA)— Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin is calling
on Syrian President Hafez Assad
to engage in high-profile, direct
negotiations with Israel in order
to advance the two countries'
long-stalled peace talks.
No progress will be made with
Syria unless Mr. Assad takes a
series of public steps to persuade
the Israeli public of his desire to
make peace, Mr. Rabin said fol-
lowing a 90-minute summit
meeting with Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak held at the
Egyptian Red Sea resort of Taba.
Speaking at a joint news con-
ference with Mr. Mubarak, Mr.
Rabin said his high-profile meet-
ings with Jordan's King Hussein
in Washington last week were
just the sort of confidence-build-
ing steps that Mr. Assad would
have to take to get the Israeli-Syr-
ian negotiations back on track.
Mr. Rabin said he would like
to see Mr. Assad express greater
flexibility on the Golan Heights
issue, "or a handshake in public,
such as the handshake with King
Hussein on the White House
lawn last week. Or even some-
thing less."
The Rabin-Mubarak meeting
— which came only days after Is-
rael and Jordan signed the Wash-
ington Declaration ending 46
years of hostilities between the
two countries — focused on find-
ing ways to score a success in the
Israeli-Syrian negotiations.
Those negotiations have been
stalled for months over a Syrian
insistence that Israel withdraw
entirely from the Golan Heights
in exchange for peace with Dam-
ascus.
Israel has been offering a
phased withdrawal, but first
wants a Syrian commitment to a
"full" peace with Israel that will
include open borders, free trade
and a full exchange of ambas-
sadors.
. During the news conference,
Mr. Rabin said he understood Is-
rael would have to meet "certain
requirements" made by Syria to
get the negotiations moving
again, but he would not say what
those requirements were.
Mr. Mubarak told reporters
that he had discerned during his
personal meetings with Mr. As-
sad greater flexibility on the part
of the Syrian president where the
Israeli talks were concerned.
"I cannot speak in the name of
Assad, but I know that Syria is
sincerely interested in a peace
agreement with Israel," Mr.
Mubarak said.
Mr. Mubarak also voiced the
hope that Israel and Syria would
reach an agreement before the
end of the year.
Both he and Mr. Rabin said
they were looking forward to an-
other visit to the region by U.S.
Secretary of State Warren
Christopher, who in his previous
rounds of shuttle diplomacy has
acted as go-between for Mr. Ra-
bin and Mr. Assad, but has to
date been unable to get the talks
re-ignited. Mr. Christopher is
scheduled to return to the region
in mid-August.
The Rabin-Mubarak meeting
took place a day after the Egypt-
ian president flew to Saudi Ara-
bia for unscheduled talks with
King Fand.
Mr. Mubarak was expected to
send an emissary to Damascus
to brief Mr. Assad on his discus-
sions with Mr. Rabin in advance
of Mr. Christopher's return to the
region.
Pressed by Israeli reporters on
a future visit to Israel, Mr.
Mubarak insisted there was "no
sensitivity" on his part regarding
a visit, adding that the trip could
take place "perhaps this year."
Mr. Mubarak, president since
1981, has never visited Israel.
Before leaving Jerusalem, Mr.
Rabin met alone with Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres and re-
portedly invited him along on the
trip to Taba.
But Mr. Peres declined the in-
vitation, citing urgent work in
Jerusalem and adding that Mr.
Rabin would be meeting alone
with Mr. Mubarak in any event.
The two men are reportedly
undergoing a period of tension in
their long and frequently strained
relationship.
New Ship
Arrives In Haifa
Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Israeli
navy this week received the first
of three high-tech missile ships
that were built in the United
States according to the specifica-
tions of Israeli naval engineers.
The ship, known as the Eilat,
arrived last week in Haifa. The
two other ships are nearing the
end of construction at shipyards
in Mississippi.
The ships carry a range of ar-
maments, including a marine he-
licopter, electronic detection
equipment and sophisticated sur-
face-to-surface and anti-missile
missiles developed and produced
by a number of Israeli companies.
The ships can remain at sea 24
days and travel thousands of
miles before needing to refuel or
take on provisions.
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