"ملف ٣٣/٦ المصالح الأجنبية: العلاقات مع إيطاليا" [و‎‎٢‎١] (٥٦/٤١)

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“Further, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that
the Italian Government for their part declare that they agree that
the assurances given to His Majesty’s Government in the above
Declaration concerning Lake Tsana apply equally to the Egyptian
Government.’’
I shall have pleasure in communicating this information to the
Egyptian Government.
I avail, &c.
MOSTAFA EL SADEK.
(iii)
EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM,
EGYPT AND ITALY REGARDING THE SUEZ CANAL.
Lord Perth to Mostafa El Sadek Bey.
British Embassy, Rome,
Your Excellency, April 16, 1988.
1 have the honour to inform Your Excellency that the following
Declaration regarding the Suez Canal was signed to-day by the Italian
Minister for Foreign Affairs and myself as Annex 8( 6 ) to the Protocol
-vhicli we have also signed to-day :—
“ The Government of the United Kingdom and the Italian
Government hereby reaffirm their intention always to respect and
abide by the provisions of the Convention signed at Constantinople
on the 29th October, 1888, which guarantees at all times and
for all Powers the free use of the Suez Canal.’’
I have the honour to communicate the above Declaration to Your
Excellency as the Representative of the territorial Power concerned.
I avail, &c.
PERTH.
( fi ) See No. 9.