The 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, the Camp David Accords, is untouchable, presidential hopeful Amr Moussa has said.
On Saturday Egypt's state news agency, MENA, cited Moussa as telling the Kuwaiti paper Al-Jarida that "the treaty has become a historical record."
In statements earlier this month, Moussa said that the peace treaty could be amended because it is “neither a Quran nor a Bible.”
These statements come amid calls for amending the treaty, which several observers believe does not serve the interests of Egypt.
Recently, relations between Egypt and Israel became tense after six Egyptian security personnel were killed in Israeli raids near the border on 18 August. Israel said it was chasing criminals that had fled into Egyptian territory after carrying out attacks in the southern Israeli town of Eilat.
The Camp David Accords ended the state of war between the two countries but kept a large part of the Sinai peninsula without sufficient security to maintain stability.
According to the agreement, the peninsula is divided into sections A, B and C. It allows only a limited number of armed police to protect section C, which is adjacent to Israel.
