ElBaradei to Visit Israel

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei is to visit Israel this summer, Reuters reported today (see GSN, April 21).

“This is a routine visit that has been in the works for months,” according to Gabriella Gafni, Israel’s permanent representative to the agency in Vienna. “We expect Mr. ElBaradei to visit Israel in the summer, probably early July,” she added.

Gafni and an IAEA spokeswoman refused to discuss details of ElBaradei’s visit.

ElBaradei suggested in November that Israel should sign the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and open its nuclear sites to international inspections, according to Reuters.

“In my view every country in the Middle East, including Israel, will benefit from establishing a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East as part and parcel of a comprehensive peace in the region,” ElBaradei said at the time (Reuters, April 28).

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