[ 21/10/2011 - 09:22 AM ]
CAIRO, (PIC)-- Egyptian diplomatic sources said that the Egyptian government initiated negotiations with the Israeli side to reach an exchange deal whereby Ilan Grapel, an Israeli-US citizen who is accused of spying, is exchanged with Egyptian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Al-Ahram daily said on Thursday: “Israeli Haaretz newspaper claimed that the Grapel exchange deal could be concluded within the next week.
Egyptian diplomatic sources, however, suggest that any deal would follow the Gilad Shalit deal.”
Egyptian diplomatic sources, however, suggest that any deal would follow the Gilad Shalit deal.”
The paper said that there are some 86 Egyptian prisoners in Israeli jails and that Egyptian intelligence was instructed to start negotiations to reach a deal.
The sources said that the completion of the Shalit deal will take another two months and hoped that it will go ahead smoothly.
An Israeli-American delegation visited Grapel on Tuesday in Cairo and informed him that procedures to release him will be completed within a week. However, Egyptian Today newspaper said that a Judiciary source said that the Egyptian Public Prosecution Office denied reports in this regard and said that Grapel’s and said that his case will be examined by the supreme court.
Israeli-American Illan Grapel was arrested in Cairo in June, accused of spying and inciting violence and attacks on governmental and public properties.
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