ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: GlobalSecurity.org
01February2011 5:14pmEST
GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: MOSCOW - Israel hopes the situation in Egypt will stabilize soon, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Dorit Golender said on Tuesday.
"Egypt is Israel's foremost partner in the region," she said. "So it is, without a doubt, important for our country that the political situation in Egypt stabilizes as soon as possible."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier expressed hope that the political crisis in Egypt would not affect the peace accords between the two states, and also warned about the threat of radical Islamists coming to power. (read full report)
