A Muslim Brotherhood member denied Thursday the existence of talks between its leaders and the United States or Israel regarding the Camp David Accords, the peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel in the late 1970s.
There is a possibility that Egypt will review the treaty, said Mahmoud Hussein, a member of the Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau.
"All treaties are signed for the benefit of the people [of their signing countries], and the parliament, which represents the people, has the right to review any treaty,” Hussein told London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat Saturday.
"The treaty was signed a long time ago, and like any other treaty it needs to be reconsidered. But this issue is up to the parliament," Hussein added.
The Brotherhood believes that while addressing the peace treaty is important, Egypt has more important things to worry about at the moment, Hussein said. “Generally speaking, Israel does not respect the agreement on the ground,” he said, referring to Israeli troops' killing of five Egyptian border police in August.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman told the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Wednesday that the Obama administration is engaging in a dialogue with Brotherhood leaders in Egypt.
Feltman said that the Brotherhood told the US it would respect the treaty should it reach power.
Former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the historic treaty on 17 September 1978 after 13 days of secret negotiations at the Camp David American presidential retreat in Maryland.
The peace treaty formally ended some 30 years of war between Egypt and Israel, and the two countries have maintained a cold peace since its signing.
