CAIRO: The Egyptian ministerial committee for emergency is responsible for following events in Israeli-Egyptian borders and decided to call back the Egyptian Ambassador from Israel. The committee issued its first statement; "The Egyptian ambassador will be called back to Egypt until Israeli investigations are completed. Egypt must first receive an official apology about the regrettable rushed statements of Israeli authorities." "Egypt condemned the recent Eilat attacks. The Israeli reaction of these attacks extended to reach members of Egyptian forces on common borders between Israel and Egypt and resulted in the death of three soldiers and injuries another four." Egypt also denounced the rushed and irresponsible statements of Israeli authorities. The committee's second statement was issued two hours after the first. The committee decided to meet the Israeli Ambassador in Cairo to inform him about the second statement. In the second statement, the committee confirmed its complete refusal of any attempts to blame Egypt for neglect in Israeli security. Egypt also confirmed the security spread in Sinai is not related to the Eilat attacks. It is a procedure against a few criminals. The committee demands Israel to investigate the shooting of Egyptian soldiers, which is considered a clear break of the Peace Treaty. Egypt put legal and political responsibility on Israel about this accident. Egypt takes all procedures to support the Israeli-Egyptian borders and supplies more forces in order to prevent any criminals from entering Egyptian land. Egypt will react against any Israeli military action as mentioned in the second statement. The committee will continue the security campaign in Sinai against any criminals, religious extremist or smugglers. The campaign is supported by all physical and human facilities in order to achieve goals. The committee recommended forming a cabinet committee for emergency on Monday, in order to approve forming comprehensive development system in Sinai. The new system will supervise development of economical, social and political fields in Sinai and will discuss and solve Sinai habitual problems.
