Egypt FM: Israeli soldiers should have greater degree of discipline

Published November 21st, 2004 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Abul Gheit said ‏Sunday that he asked his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom to avoid the ‏reoccurrence of the border incident, in which three Egyptian policemen were killed by Israeli soldiers on the Egypt-Gaza border.‏  

 

The Egyptian Middle East News Agency quoted Abul Gheit as saying Cairo would not accept the reoccurrence of such an incident.‏  

 

The top diplomat added that the manner in which Israeli troops act on the Egyptian border and in the ‏occupied Palestinian territories indicate that the fingers of those soldiers ‏are on the trigger and therefore he expected this kind of incident.‏  

 

‏He said that he had informed Shalom of this and that Israeli leaders and ‏soldiers with a greater degree of discipline must be picked so that they don't ‏open fire randomly and hit others, leading to the complication of relations ‏with Egypt.‏ (Albawaba.com)

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