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King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday telephoned Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. King Abdullah stressed Jordan's backing for the "brothers" in Lebanon after the recent Israeli aggressions. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and the need for continued consultations and meetings between officials in the two states. Lahoud stressed Lebanon's desire to foster relations between the two "sisterly countries." Go

Ahmed Qrei, head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said that US peace process envoy Dennis Ross neither gave the Palestinians any answers concerning the controversial subjects with Israel nor presented new suggestions for pushing forward the peace process, saying that these causes concern implementing the transitional agreement, the redeployment in 6.1% of the West Bank's lands, the issue of maps and delivering the areas surrounding Jerusalem, as well as the third redeployment which Israel tries to bury. He added that there is a real crisis in negotiations with Israel, and he urged the USA to practice its role to save peace in the area. Go

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday in Cairo received a message from US President Bill Clinton connected to peace in the region and bilateral relations between the US and Egypt. The message was handed over by US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson during his meeting with the Egyptian president. Go

The follow-up committee for the Moroccan-Egyptian high joint commission entrusted with preparing for the May session will hold a meeting in Cairo early March. Go

Sultan Qaboos of Oman on Wednesday received a message from Turkish President Suleiman Demirel connected to the Turkish celebration of the 700th anniversary of the Ottoman's scientific and cultural heritage. Go

Egyptian tourism sources expected that the Japanese tourism flow to Egypt during the year 2000 may reach 100,000 tourists due to the Egyptian activities witnessed in Japan currently, which are held under the title "Egypt's year in Japan," which cover economic, tourist, artistic and cultural activities in the main cities in Japan. Go

The United Arab Emirates said today that Abu Dhabi will host the sixth fair and conference for communications in the Middle East, "Mid Com 2000," on May 15 - 16, which is considered the largest and most important conference and fair for the communications industry in the area. Go

Morocco's Hicham Arazi was defeated Wednesday at the second round of the $800,000 London indoor tournament, part of the ATP fixtures. Arazi, world no 13, was squeezed out by French Fabrice Santoro in two sets, 6-4, 6-2. Go

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has received a telephone call from Bahraini Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa. During the telephone conversation talks dealt with bilateral relations and issues pertaining to Arab and international conditions. Go

The French presidential couple and Princess Lalla Meriem (sister of King Mohammed VI) attended on Tuesday the closure ceremony of the Moroccan year-long festival in France. Welcomed by rose petals, the Moroccan princess, French President Jacques Chirac and his spouse Bernadette Chirac, attended at the Opera Comique of Paris the show that closed a festival celebrating friendship and longstanding ties between Morocco and France. Go

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on Wednesday in Riyadh received oil ministers in the Gulf Cooperation Council members states, who are holding their 23rd conference at the GCC's general secretariat in Riyadh. Views were exchanged on issues debated on the agenda of the meetings of the GCC oil ministers. Go

Director-General of the Moroccan news agency MAP, Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, conferred in New Delhi Wednesday with head of the Press Trust of India (PTI), M.K Razdan, on means to upgrade existing cooperation ties between the two agencies where Razdan lauded the role played by MAP and PTI in the promotion of the ideals of the non-aligned movement and the consolidation of South-South cooperation. Go

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said his country is currently seeking to attract Arab and foreign investments. In interview with Algerian television yesterday Bouteflika said there is a plan to send governmental and non-governmental delegations to Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, the Gulf region, South Africa, South Korea, India and China to discuss means of attracting a large number of new investments to Algeria to achieve comprehensive development. Go

Montaser El-Zayat, lawyer of the Islamic Group in Egypt, assured the consent of Frankfort's court to handing over Egypt extremists who asked for asylum in Germany. He said the court refused the appeal presented by Abd El-Akhar Hamad and Mohie El-Din Ahmed Abd El-Moneam against the German authorities' decision to hand them over to Egypt, saying that they asked for the right of asylum after reaching the German city of Hamburg on January 26 coming from an Arab state. Go