192 The Camp David agreements- annexes- exchange of letters- 17 September 1978

After twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the conference was concluded, by the signing at the White House, of two agreements. The first dealt with the future of Sinai and peace between Israel and Egypt, to be concluded within three months. The second was a framework agreement establishing a format for the conduct of negotiations for the establishment of an autonomy regime in the West Bank and Gaza. The Israel-Egypt agreement clearly defined the future relations between the two countries, all aspects of withdrawal from Sinai, military arrangements in the peninsula such as demilitarization and limitations as well as the supervision mechanism. The framework agreement regarding the future of Judea, Samaria and Gaza was less clear and was later interpreted differently by Israel, Egypt and the U.S. President Carter witnessed the accords whose full text follows: