Qatar's prince in Cairo Monday to meet Mubarak
Qatar-Egypt, Politics, 3/21/1998

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani will travel to Egypt on Monday for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with the Egyptian president, prime minister, and foreign minister on bilateral relations between the two countries and Egyptian employment problems in Qatar.

The meeting will address "the insults" directed by Qatari newspaper El-Watani, owned by Qatar's Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jasim al-Thani, against the head of El-Azhar.

Observers expect the meeting to resolve the crisis between Egypt and Qatar, which began when Qatar accused Egypt of planning a failed attempt of coup d'etat in Qatar in 1996.

Qatari sources told ArabicNews.com that the Qatari Emir will also pay an official visit to Iran next month to hold talks with Iranian president Said Mohammed Khatami. The sources did not specify the date of the visit, but they said that it will be in the second half of April.

The intended visit of the Qatari emir pointed to the obvious development in Iranian - Gulf relations, especially since the election of Iran's new president, who stated his desire to reach a stage of strategic connection between Iran and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and who formed special committees aimed at discussing improving relations between Iran and the Gulf states.

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