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GV EXTERIOR, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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CV RIAD (SPEAKING IN ARABIC TO REPORTERS)
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Initials PS/1112 PS/1118


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Background: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAHMOUD RIAD WHO CONFERRED WITH HIS FRENCH COUNTERPART MAURICE SCHUMANN IN PARIS ON MONDAY ( MARCH 29 ), LATER SAID THAT FRANCE SHARED EGYPT'S APPROACH TO ACHIEVING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

HE SAID THAT EGYPT WAS FACED WITH A SERIOUS DEADLOCK AS THE RESULT OF ISRAEL'S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT DR. GUNNAR JARRING'S PEACE PLAN. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT EGYPT HOPED ISRAEL WOULD CHANGE ITS ATTITUDE AND ANSWER IN A POSITIVE WAY DR. JARRING'S PROPOSALS. THEN, AND ONLY THEN, COULD THE TALKS ABOUT PEACE BEGIN.

MR. RIAD, WHO ARRIVED IN PARIS ON MONDAY ( MARCH 29 ) AFTER TALKS WITH YUGOSLAVIA'S PRESIDENT TITO AND ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALDO MORO IN ITALY, IS DUE TO PRESIDE OVER A CONFERENCE OF 22 EGYPTIAN DIPLOMATS IN THE WESTERN WORLD SCHEDULED DOT OPEN ON THURSDAY ( MARCH 30 ).

MR. RIAD'S STATEMENT TO THE PRESS FOLLOWING HIS 90-MINUTE MEETING WITH M. SCHUMANN IS REPORTED IN THIS FILM. IT IS IN ARABIC.