Egyptian - Philippinian talks
Egypt-Philippines, Politics, 3/6/2000

A session of Egyptian - Philippine talks was held in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's headquarters in which the Egyptian side was headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa while the Philippine side was headed by Foreign Minister Domingo Siazon, who is currently visiting Cairo.

At the beginning of a joint press conference following the conclusion of the meetings, Moussa said that the topics tackled included the situation in south and east Asia, as well as topics related to the UN and bilateral relations.

Moussa added that the discussions focused on economic aspects in addition to the explanation made by the Philippine minister of the situation in Asia and Southeast Asia in particular, saying that the Philippine minister was an international official in the UNIDO organization for several years before becoming a foreign minister and that he is one of the international economic experts who are following up on development affairs.

The Phillippine minister presented during the talks an explanation of the status quo and future of the area concerning the peace process as well as the development opportunites in the area, Moussa said.

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