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dated August 14, 1956: Egypt rejects invitation

Egypt will not attend the London conference on Suez Canal, President Nasser told a press conference in Cairo on August 12. He said Egypt was prepared with all signatories of the 1888 Constantinople Convention to sponsor any international conference to which other Governments, whose ships use the canal, would be invited. "The Egyptian Government cannot consider the London conference with all the attendant circumstances as an international conference competent to take decisions. The London invitation cannot therefore be accepted by Egypt." (The 1888 Convention signed in Constantinople by the major maritime nations of the day had laid down that the 101-mile waterway should be open to all countries and free from blockade in peace and war. Its signatories were Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia and Turkey). President Nasser continued: "Being determined however to spare no effort in preserving international peace, Egypt is willing to sponsor, with other signatories to the Convention, a conference for reviewing it and considering the conclusion of an agreement guaranteeing freedom of navigation in the canal."

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