The World - News from Jan. 8, 1985
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said his government and Egypt will start talks by Jan. 18 on stationing elements of the 10 nation Multinational Observer Force in the disputed Taba strip on the Red Sea coast. A 700 yard long area with a hotel and beach club, Taba is now in Israeli hands, but Cairo considers it part of the Egyptian Sinai. Israel returned its last occupied Sinai territory three years ago as part of the 1979 peace treaty. A decision on Taba and some other disputed points was postponed.
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