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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said concerning the direct meeting that is to be held between officials in Syria and Turkey that all the information Egypt has confirms the possibility of convening such an agreement in Cairo. He said he hopes that this meeting will allow understanding and dialogue between Turkey and Syria, adding that direct talks and diplomatic means are the core of the initiative suggested by Egyptian diplomacy in this regard. Go

The UAE Cabinet discussed yesterday the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council summit, which will be held in December, Khaleej Times reported. Go

Qatar's natural gas reserves are up 27% this year, according to a report by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Gulf Times reported. Qatar's reserves are the third-largest in the world, the report said. Go

US Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East David Welch said yesterday that the US-brokered agreement between two Iraqi Kurdish factions has the primary goal of regional security, saying, "We do believe that the security of everyone in the area is better if there is a basic understanding between the two principal Kurdish parties in northern Iraq, and that includes the security of Turkey." Go

US State Department spokesman James Rubin said today that the focus of the peace talks at the Wye Plantation is to get "the pieces necessary to put the peace process back on track." He did not confirm that there would be a comprehensive agreement that would lead to final status talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. He added the US has been seeking the advice of the Egyptians. King Hussein of Jordan will also play a positive role in the talks, making for a "three-way tag team diplomacy." Go

Kurdish sources in Cairo denied the presence of the Kurdish Workers Party's chief, Abdullah Oclan, in Syria, saying that he is currently somewhere in Kurdistan. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi offered support to Syria and Turkey to solve the conflict between them resulting from Turkey's allegation that Syria supports the separatist Kurdish Workers Party. Go

Egyptian Minister of Interior Habib El-Adli announced yesterday that security bodies are about to root out terrorist nests, adding that what has been achieved recently came as the result of collective police work. El-Adli described the security situation in Egypt as an achievement, adding that it is due to the efforts exerted by policemen and to citizens' response. Go

Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah on Monday received a message from his Senegalese counterpart on means of strengthening and developing bilateral relations. Go

The secretary-general of the council of the Arab ministers of the interior, Ahmad al-Salem, has asserted that at the top of priorities in the meetings of the 22nd conference of Arab policemen and security service leaders, which concluded in Tunisia on Sunday, was ensuring Arab security. Go

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Monday received ministers in charge of culture in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, who are currently taking part in their seventh meeting, which started in Kuwait earlier in the day. Go

Three Iraqi shepherds were killed in the western part of Iraq as a result of a bomb explosion. The bomb was left over from the Gulf War of 1991. Go