Jerusalem, 19 August 1999
Agreement Signed Arranging Relationship between Israeli and PA Postal Services
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Coordinator of Activities in the Territories Major-General Ya'acov Orr and the Communications Ministry Director-General Danny Rosen, together with the PA official in charge of the Civil Affairs Ministry, Jamil Tarifi, and PA Deputy Minister for Communications Zohair Alham, on (Wednesday) 18.8.99, signed agreements for arranging the transfer of mail from the PA to Egypt and Jordan, and from Judea and Samaria to the Gaza Strip and vice versa. This is the first agreement to be signed since the Wye Accords.
The agreements provide for the commercial regularisation of the transfer of mail from the PA to Egypt and Jordan, within the PA and from Israel to the PA. Transit times for postal items should be greatly shortened.
These are the first agreements to be signed between Israel and the Palestinians since the current government took office and were signed following intensive negotiations, chaired by Deputy Coordinator of Activities in the Territories Brigadier-General Yosef Mishlav.