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Labor Party member of the Israeli Knesset of the Ephraim Sneh said that he has information stating that during the current month Israel made contacts "in order to resume negotiations with Syria." Israeli Army Radio quoted Sneh as saying that Syrian President Hafez al-Assad is interested in resuming the negotiations, adding that after the Wye Plantation agreement, "The Syrians became more concerned with giving the US new authorization to proceed toward resuming the negotiations." Go

German President Roman Herzog arrived in Jordan on Tuesday for a three-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan and high-ranking Jordanian officials. Talks will deal with regional and international issues, issues of mutual concern as well as bilateral relations. Go

The official in charge of the Jerusalem file in the Palestinian Authority, Faisal Husseini, arrived in Cairo today, to meet tomorrow with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, Pope Shenuda III, and Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi to discuss the recent developments in the peace process, especially within the halting of the process. Go

Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the Kurdish Workers Party, issued a statement today in which he thanked the Italian government for refusing a Turkish request to deliver him in order to be presented before the Turkish judiciary. Go

Egypt will participates in the meeting of the Somali committee to be convened tomorrow in the Italian capital, Rome. Go

Lebanese sources in Cairo confirmed today that a new law is to be issued soon that would grant Lebanese citizenship to 47,000 persons -- 42,000 Christians and 5,000 Moslems -- before the end of Lebanese President Elias Hrawi's term as president on November 24. Go

Iranian navy frogmen have started exercises on Iran's southeastern coast near the mouth of the Gulf, the official news agency IRNA reported yesterday. It said helicopters and underwater equipment would he used in the three-day war games, which were launched in the Gulf of Oman as part of annual maneuvers. Go

Morocco's supreme court and Egypt's cassation court decided to devise a work plan for the three coming years, to exchange visits, documents and jurisprudence. Go

Cairo plays host as of this Wednesday to the first meeting of secretary generals of Arab parliaments. Go

Moroccan prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi renewed Morocco's will to consolidate cooperation with Mauritania in various fields. Go

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jaber al-Thani received a message on Tuesday from the secretary general of the Arab League, Esmat Abdul Meguid. Go

Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad Bin Mubarak al-Khaleifa met on Tuesday in Manama with former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing, currently visiting Bahrain. Go

Diplomatic sources stated that consultations are being held to discuss the possibility of active coordination between Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran, according to the London-based al-Hayat daily. The paper added that Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri raised this issue during his Sunday visit to Tehran, to "crystallize a firm Islamic stand towards the Israeli intransigence in the Middle East peace process as well as developments in the region." Go

Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov arrived on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi on his first official visit to the United Arab Emirates, which is aimed at developing bilateral relations between the two countries in political, economic, trade and cultural fields. Go