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A Sudanese, Yemeni, Djiboutian summit
An official source in Sanaa reported that Sudanese President Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Sanaa on Monday in an official visit to Yemen which will last for several days, during which he will take part in a tripartite summit between Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and President Ismael Omar Guelleh of Djibouti.
Yemen-Sudan, Politics, 1/18/2000
European Union delegation discusses peace process developments with Mubarak
A delegation from the European Union arrived in Cairo today for a two-day visit to Egypt, during which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will receive them to discuss peace process developments and the European role in pushing the process forward.
Egypt-European Union, Politics, 1/18/2000
Morocco, Spain determined to boost bilateral cooperation
Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in matters of security, struggle against drug trafficking and illegal emigration topped the talks that will be carried on at the level of working groups. The two sides also probed mutual assistance in matters of elections and civilians rescue as well as cooperation in the fields of devolution and decentralization.
Morocco, Politics, 1/18/2000
Moroccan and Spanish home ministers probe bilateral cooperation
Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in matters of security, struggle against drug trafficking and illegal emigration topped talks in Rabat Monday between Moroccan and Spanish home ministers, Ahmed Midaoui and Jaime Mayor Oreja.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 1/18/2000
Algerian prime minister presents reform program before parliament
The program included openness, the generalization of participation and renewing the administration's will to terminate favoritism and arbitrariness in the use of power, as well as enhancing the Algerian economy and terminating all kinds of discrimination.
Algeria, Politics, 1/18/2000
Turkish minister arrives in Damascus
Turkish minister of meteorology and sea transport Merza Oglo and members of the accompanying delegation arrived in Damascus on Monday on an official visit to Syria. The visit will last for four days.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 1/18/2000
Robin Cook makes Middle East tour
UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook started today a Middle East tour aimed at getting Arab support for the efforts of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to reach peace with Israel.
Jordan-Egypt-UK, Politics, 1/18/2000
Syrian FM reviews developments with Lebanese, Turkish FMs
A telephone call was made on Monday between Lebanese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Salim al-Hoss and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/18/2000
Morocco, France sign employment cooperation accord
Morocco and France signed in Rabat on Monday an accord on cooperation in matters of employment and vocational training for this year.
Morocco-France, Economics, 1/18/2000
Abdul Meguid to receive Algerian foreign minister today
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid is receiving Algerian Foreign Minister Youcef Yousfi today.
Algeria-Regional, Politics, 1/18/2000
Report: New road to be constructed in Israel named Naharia-Damascus
The London based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily reported in its Monday issue that circles in the Israeli Housing Ministry said it had completed last week a blueprint to construct and pave a new street under the name Naharia- Damascus.
Israel, Politics, 1/18/2000
Report: Barak and the negotiations with Syria
Monte Carlo radio's correspondent in Tel Aviv quoted a well-informed Israeli source as saying that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will propose in the coming round to the Syrians a clearer stand toward the question of the borders but a stand less than the Syrian expectations in this regard.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/18/2000
Syria, Israel work for a settlement for Israel's withdrawal from the Golan
The Israeli daily Jerusalem Post on Monday quoted Alon Ben Meir, a professor based in Washington, as saying that Syria and Israel are working for a settlement on an Israeli withdrawal that takes place on stages from the Golan during a period extending from two years to 30 months.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/18/2000
US sources and negotiations between Syria and Israel
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/18/2000
Egyptian workers in Kuwait confirm being exposed to torture
Egyptian workers in Kuwait said that they were exposed to torture while being interrogated in the events that took place in the Kifan area at end of last year, due to which some houses in Kuwait were burnt.
Egypt-Kuwait, Politics, 1/18/2000
Sudan, Bahrain voice backing to Syria
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa have asserted in a joint statement their full backing to and solidarity with Syria to restore back all its territories in the occupied Golan back to June 4, 1967 lines on the ground of UN resolutions 242 and 338 as well as the land for peace formula
Regional-Syria, Politics, 1/18/2000
EU to help rebuild the Golan
Israeli Hebrew language radio on Monday said that the countries of the European Union wish to take part in the Syrian-Israeli negotiations, especially concerning the agreement over the water issue, economic development for the Golan area and security measures that can build confidence between the two sides.
Syria-Israel-European Union, Politics, 1/18/2000
Moussa meets with Abed Rabbo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met yesterday with Palestinian Minister of Culture and Information Yasser Abed Rabbo, chairman of the Palestinian delegation to final status negotiations, who said after the meeting that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before Arafat travels to Washington to meet US President Bill Clinton on January 29.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 1/18/2000
Morocco astonished and disappointed about identification in sahara
Morocco expressed on Tuesday "astonishment and disappointment" following the results of the identification of "contested" tribes.
Morocco, Politics, 1/18/2000
UN opens appeals procedure for rejected voters in sahara referendum
The United Nations announced that it began on Monday hearing appeals of Sahrawis who were not admitted as voters in the UN-planned referendum in the Sahara.
Morocco, Politics, 1/18/2000
Solana and the Middle East peace
The secretary general of the EU council Javier Solana has asserted the need of mobilizing the European and American efforts to provide a success for the Middle East peace process.
Regional, Politics, 1/18/2000
Talks by Jordanian irrigation minister in Ankara concerning water
Jordan-Turkey, Politics, 1/18/2000
Saudi trade minister arrives in Tehran
The Saudi minister of commerce Osama Jaafar Faqih on Monday arrived in Tehran leading a delegation to meetings of the joint Iranian- Saudi joint committee.
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Economics, 1/18/2000
Delegation from Azerbaijan visits Cairo
A delegation under the chairmanship of Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalanof will arrive at Cairo in a visit to Egypt that will last for few days
Egypt-Azerbaijan, Politics, 1/18/2000
Vedrine leaves Cairo
French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine left Cairo today after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt-France, Politics, 1/18/2000
Budget discussions by the Syrian parliament
The Syrian People's Assembly (parliament) on Monday held a meeting chaired by its speaker, Abdul Qader Qaddoura and Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi and which was attended by the deputy prime ministers for economic and service affairs.
Syria, Economics, 1/18/2000
Government announces $ 100 mln to alleviate poverty
The Moroccan government will earmark $ 100 million (one billion dirhams) to alleviate poverty as part of the five-year plan, said Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi.
Morocco, Economics, 1/18/2000
Any infringement upon National Unity will be decisively faced
President Hosni Mubarak said that there will be no covering for wrongdoers, assuring that whoever breaks the law, impairs the national unity or tries to do harm to the nations fabric will be dealt with decisiveness. He reminded that the Egyptian nation has never before seen fanaticism or bigotry.
Egypt, Politics, 1/18/2000
European Commission to cancel import certificates for Moroccan tomatoes
The European Commission has decided to abrogate at the latest by February 1 the regulation requiring import certificates for Moroccan tomatoes.
Morocco-European Union, Politics, 1/18/2000
One SLA militia member killed in south Lebanon
A Lebanese resistance-men roadside bomb which went on Monday resulted in killing one pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militiaman in the western sector of south Lebanon, according to a militia security source.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/18/2000
African tour for Moroccan 2006 world cup committee
Acting chairman of the Moroccan committee for the promotion of Morocco's bid to host the 2006 World Cup football finals, Driss Benhima, carried on his second African tour, meant to drum up support of continental institutions, with a visit to Addis Ababa this Tuesday.
Morocco-Ethiopia, Sports, 1/18/2000
Israel readies maps to end disrupted peace talks
Israeli sources blamed Syria for the latest disruption of the peace talks between the two parties and said that Syrian President Hafez al-Assad had lots of expectations from the previous rounds of talks and was eventually disappointed.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/18/2000
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said in a special statement to ArabicNews.com that "Egypt always links between progress in the bilateral negotiation tracks in the peace process and its participation in the multilateral negotiations," expressing peace talks progress will coincide with the the multilateral negotiations. Concerning whether Syria might be furious because of Egypt's participation in the multilateral negotiations which Syria boycotted, Moussa said, "Egypt suspended its participation in the multilateral negotiations on a condition of the resumption of bilateral negotiations between Syria and Israel and the necessity of having a progress in it, which has already taken place."
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The contradiction between the Syrian and Israeli positions towards the border withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights have resulted in postponing the convening of the third round of negotiations, which were due to start Wednesday between the two sides in the US.
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King Mohammed VI, who is on a private visit to France, was on Monday guest to a dinner hosted by French president Jacques Chirac.
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Ambassador Ahmed Ragheb, manager of travel guidance department in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, told ArabicNews.com that Egyptians' entry to Qatar without a visa is limited only to the period between the Lesser and the greater Bairams due to the establishment of a tourism and shopping festival in Qatar and that the visa is limited to 14 days during the festival on the condition of the seriousness in attending the festival, after which the former visa system will be resumed.
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Syrian Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Abd al-Hamid Minajjid stated that Syria will not return to the negotiating table with Israel unless it obtains guarantees of Israel's withdrawal to the June 4, 1967 borders.
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Iraq strongly opposed the recommendation made by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to appoint Rolf Ekeus as chairman of a new inspection organization for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Ekeus was the first person to head the UNSCOM inspection teams in Iraq after the Gulf War. Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz depicted nominating Ekeus (of Swedish origin) as nothing but "old beer in a new bottle."
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Israeli Radio quoted the European Union's Middle East peace process coordinator, Miguel Angel Moratinos, as saying during his meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy in Israel on Monday that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa told him on Sunday that Syria has not decided yet whether it will delegate its representatives to take part in the third round of peace negotiations with Israel that are set to start on Wednesday in the US Shepherdstown.
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Pakistani Health Minister Abdul Malik Kansi arrived on Monday in Amman in a visit to Jordan which will last for two days. The Pakistani minister and his Jordanian counterpart, Muslih Tarawneh, will hold talks aimed at consolidating health cooperation between the two countries in the pharmaceutical and healthcare areas.
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The French Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine had invited his Algerian counterpart, Youcef Yousfi to visit France on January 25 and 26.
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The Rabat-based Islamic, Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) granted its excellence medal to Ahmed Zoweil, Egyptian-born chemistry Nobel Prize recipient.
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Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Suleiman Majed al-Shahin on Monday in Kuwait discussed with the deputy premier and foreign minister of Belarus, Ural Latypov, bilateral cooperation relations between the two countries and means of developing and consolidating them. The two sides also discussed issues of mutual concern.
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The spokesman for the Hamas movement, Ibrahim Ghoushe, has announced that the four Hamas leaders who were expelled by the Jordanian authorities to Qatar two months ago decided to assign a defense commission to bring their case before the Supreme Court of Justice in Jordan to contest the decision taken by the Jordanian government to expel them.
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Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy on Monday met with the representatives of the European Union, currently visiting Israel.
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Rain prayers were observed in all Saudi mosques on Monday morning, called for by King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz due to the delay of rainfall for this year.
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It was announced in al-Riyadh on Monday that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal will return to Saudi Arabia very soon from the US after the recovery period he had spent in the US ended following the back surgery he underwent at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
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