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Jerusalem, 2 November 1998
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TALKS TO RESUME
(Communicated by Finance Ministry Spokesman)
Following the Wye River Memorandum, Finance Ministry Director-General
Prof. Ben Zion Zilberfarb and Economic Advisor to the Palestinian
Authority Chairman Muhammad Rashid will meet today (Monday) 2.11.98 in
Ramallah in the framework of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Economic
Committee (JEC). At Wye, it was decided that the parties would submit an
interim report within three weeks and a final report within six weeks of
the agreement coming into effect. Dir.-Gen. Zilberfarb stated that he
considers the committee's meetings significant as part of the effort to
create a solid economic basis for Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Today's meeting will cover four issues: Palestinian debts; a joint war
against car theft; expanding the A1 and A2 import registries and settling
purchase tax accounts.
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