Communicated by DM'S
Media Advisor
March 1, 1998 DM Mordechai meets Abu Mazen
Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai met Friday morning, 27.2.98, for more than two hours with Abu Mazen at Dahaniyya airfield to discuss security arrangements that would enable the opening of the Karni industrial zone and the Dahaniyya airport. The meeting was held in a good atmosphere and both parties agreed on joint principles and decided that Israeli and Palestinian teams would meet next week in an attempt to reach an agreement. The Defense Minister said that Israel cannot compromise on the basic security arrangements needed at Karni and Dahaniyya.
Accompanying the Defense Minsiter at the meeting were Deputy Chief-of-Staff Maj.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz, Director of General Staff Planning Division Maj.-Gen. Shlomo Yannai, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Ya'akov Or, as well as other officials.