GENEVA. Feb 1 PLO leader Yasser Arafat said today that the entire Middle East peace process would be under threat if agreement on an initial Israeli troop pullout from oc cupied territories was delayed much longer, reports Reuter

The Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman said he still hoped to sign the accord at a meeting in Cairo with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Sunday

But Israeli peace negotiator Yossi Sarid told Israel radio "I don't think that In Cairo the agreement will be signed at this stage.

And earlier he told the radio: "We’re speaking of weeks but 1 wouldn't want to say anything more precise

After weekend talks In the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Israeli and Palestinian negotia-

tors both said an accord was close

Arafat. In Geneva to address the United Nations Human Rights Commission. told a news conference that Israel had asked for a period of six days to review what both sides were terming the Davos agreement

Asked if his own influence over Palestinians in Jericho and the Gaza Strip could withstand delays beyond that Arafat replied. The problem is not one of my own person.