The World - News from Dec. 26, 1985
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Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ office said he has received a positive message from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about improving ties but is awaiting clarification on the Taba border dispute. Israeli television said earlier this week that Peres recently asked Mubarak to provide a timetable for improving relations and for returning Egypt’s ambassador to Tel Aviv after a three-year absence. Mubarak’s response was “positive,” the Israelis said, but lacked “clarification” over which nation should control Taba, a Red Sea beach strip that Israel did not relinquish in its 1982 Sinai pullout.
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