l relations, one all levels. This rth we started' ncl the friends' PEESS COr\F.I)RENCD Eglrut heart'ilY given by to eongratulate PRESII,DNI' to conduct the ANWAR .EL SADAT in- I have been to African pre$slnen on the occasion of for bhe PeoPle's <.llfriea l)ay ,
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on < Africa Day > president Mohamed press Anwar Er sadat held a conference to a number of African pressmen. Ire started the conference by saying:
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656 -f pi I dift'erences, adlnit tu yourselves he Posi- and inform your brothers of any intervention in your affairs. undoubtedly our hearts ache for this flow of blood that has nful tra- been going on for over a year. We could say a great deal in ner view this eonnection, but we prefen to keep silent, hoping that it would to keeP stop. we are not out-birlders, nor do we fish in troubled waters. r is two- we only say what we feer and what rve think.> Quesfion : There are still many more problems in Africa : Liberation of Arab lands, hg inde- restoration of Arab rights in the north- east of the continent the world and struggle for riberation in zimba,bwe and Namibia, in the south. Do you lrebanese' not believe that ggypt-tt is faced with heavy responsibilities for , t}re light helping African peopt* recover their iudependence ,ople. This ? President: First a matter and foremost, we are proud of being Afri- in cans. Egypt's policy.since rc kePt the inception of the Jury 23 RevoruLion has been. and will continue to support liberatir,in movements all over the rvorld, especially our African brothers e and the with whom we share the same continent. rve are grad Leba- that some of trr" airi""" the liberation movements that started in cairrr gained independence, since this though some have not and stilr have offices in interfere' cairo. rt was indeed o a great honour to me to have become the first secretary to the nsibilitY on Afro-Asian solidarity congress, 19 years ago. The majority of Afri- of the res- can nations had not yet secured their indepentlence,arid I remember [ions, secta- that we had uo-et the sudan and passage a,cro,ssforests for the celegations to a,r'rive in cairo. Now,lt deiighis me to see that most This of Africa has gained its stiaus. independence and sovereignty. But some old are still suffering ure. The under the yoke of oppression. And we are rvith le Chamoun' them, with all that lies within our power. Question: Prease comment on Arab relations, follorving thc eonelusion of the second. disengagement lar crisis in agreement. Pruidont: , whY we saY We engaged in the October War with the purpose of destroying ttre forget Your rsraeli seeurity theory and liberate our lands.
657 it for ten days' I announced America intervened. After fighting forces and ruin my country that I was not prepared to destroy my Following the cease-fire' to continue to tigit against America' the two fronts : the Egyp there was a disengagement of forces on was to take effect' tian and the Syrianl A seconrl disengagement of 19?4' B:rt on account of both in Syria and Egypt by the end put off to 19?5. Before going to circumstances in e*""ii, it was I communicated this to President meet President Ford in Salzburg' was cond'ucted on the Egyp:' El Assad. The second disengagement place on the Syrian front as tian front and was uoppood io take well. I outbiddings antl t But on account of a series of circumstances' reason - the disengagement ir rancours - I do not know the precise Then started the ag" t agreement relative to Syria was obstructed' " 'l Sl gressive campaign against F'lgypt' a' since in the Rabai Su# But this does not change the position' E Arab strategy r'vhich provides:'' mit Conference we opp"o*a the Not a spanof Arab landshould b" ":;Jind inat,]rge:L"lflffil people' To tltis' 2i over tJ:e rights of Palestinian no compromise th Syria and Esypt are commilted'The *""TT:':j::":t:ti: narrow mindedness and rancou in to party questions, outbidclings' is safe' even if we tliff Wl I wish to assure you that Arab solidarity Arab solidarity will remain intact' of Afriean Unity will be me an Question : The Organisation African problems that Ar in Mauritius soon, and there are many towards the Sahara pn to be settled. What is Egypt's attitude Eritrea ? AIso' it t ioaup"tdence of O5i[outi, and the Question for President Idi Amin ? topics will you aiscusJ at the arrival of wh to the problern'of tbc President : With regard to our attitude there and was aH an( Sahara, Vice-President Hosni Mubarak went
658 prevent I atmounced an imminent m'itary erash. lve strarr not take n mY countrY rvish to be in a position sides, ss lve to contact the two parties, cease-fire' Algeria' both Morocco and he certainly, r have my oiuw- over *re dispute, but they B: the EgYP- both brothers. To be able are to "*uJ " conciliatory effort, bo take effect sary not to take it is neces- sides. This is exaeily what of thus Hosni muior-,u rlicl arid on account averted an inrminent clash. efore going to with regard is to President to Djibouti, r told Afriea' ambassad.or,s,a whil* tbe EgYP- ago' that we shall be ha.nnr on whenn3ioouti obt*i;" il* ildupuodun*u front as and.ioins us in the membership iyrian of trre united Nationsorganisation. As for the Eritrean problem, r had a talk with the pr-esident rutbiddings and the Ethiopian Military of iouncil ;t;- African summit disengagement in Kampala. I advised conference him of ttr" ,r"""""ity of granting the ag- to Eritrea' This autonomy starterl preparation for a forth-comirrg serious and painful r*tttJ is a most * ",i"-r".,r,"rthing. I would lii the Rabat Sum- ;ifl::i ntrriopia;";ff n :ffiJl"Jn:"T;:til,f; vhich Provicles : there shoutd' be President Idi Amin will be arriving tomorrow (Thursday, le. To this, both 27)' There are many probrems May we shat discuss together, rerefore confined, East probrem, includir:g 3"^ Y1*1" Afriean i"*u"r, the, internarionar ss and rancours' rn general' and president position rd.i Amin's visits and nruutirrg., if, we differ' we shan exchange *ver rvhic.rr lven vie'rpoints and information. Question : would you please comment on Arab-African r will be meeting and the Dakar Decraration debate whieh *.., a""*r, need' Arab-African up as a docrrment of oblems that cooperation ? I Sahara Proble'm; Prrcsident: We stion ? Also, vrhat forcesbetween;x*'{,fr : Idi Arnin ? ' T::tT,#:'::JJ;*T.""U.I::.i,,,T w" "pp"o'u* ,n" Dakarnecilration, he problem'of the [1ilT:"#'JJ#",;"t,"' rn able to andshourdhuu"bu;;tq:H,;'jj;:ffi"XT1.ff e and was i:#::.,,*,,i:f**
659 Con' Since the Algiers of our Arab brothers' PE the responsibility 1e?4'we havebeen denv iltu* ct"f*;;;; of pir rerencein 1e?3th;U; to Arabsanrl Africans '" i'" "i*"*' r'"pp""r re oushingtr'is "oriaai'tv .f*" t see it through' ofthi*."1f."":tH$ff"lJlr,:til}; ['*i Pa r takeadvantage as be who stood by us' African brothers Pa ""*T:; rheNon'arign' tq whati".Eryp'.:::':"ffiff:Tt"t to : 1l scheduled' to meet en ment Conference Abdel Egypt' and' Gamai to state a' fact' move:' presiilent : I wish tf,L-"o"-au-qlment l""t '-"1'"4"* ot them were one J;; io"xu*o' Threeof Nasser 'ouu"'rq""ttt'uJa rvith ment s'ith tito' X?"o' r had a'rneeting t'iol"*ui""'^ died ""* "ii. 'Tr,i*;;wr,v"'i'i""*'"' Non-alignment have *. ;;=,"d,.|f,.: him lasb month "|"u ConferenceiocJoito'wu"g""uo'o"tt'"irnportanceoftheroleyorla ofnon-align-"-;;;;; aetenti *',rJ'il l::.-lsiil:ll-Trf sincethe"."_"u;;;;;,;;;:t:,:Tfff Xff;_11-""*condarvone
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660 e Algiers Con- yor,said Questionr that there we have been is-tote no compromise to* "'" tnt- n" r'earised p:,ieJtine over s and Africans ft:"JJ'itl4;;"11":""i #tltrffi;:, witrr tornto restoration; tr,l jnffiJ* ti,ai*o,,rrr read to to the hesident: There thanks is to be no com-promise over *re rights of re Arab'Israeli ffiifft?,'i:ii:;fii':isati onth;;";p ;;;s on their ii{1iH: lancl .". q""rified to provesthat the Non-align- try,l:]"._nT":"and that rhel parestinian u"*" tr,"t1:-:*"1]:-q ,i"""i,#"tHT:,:il"f ,HIJ,?H" :: ir}i'|"1 ""i"',"''?*s rnour',,i "w u iare I Gamal Abdel Tin":Hll|f:rJ suni an lignment move- ,l\ree of them a rneeting'with Non-alignment ,nce of the role rassing through' ;e. We want the a secondarY one' ;anisations. the energY and rcpulation of thb nfluence the two in whose countrY ssed with her t}te h President Tito' rnt, and with Mrls' ill meet. I beliew
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