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The Jordanian paper al-Aswaq said that meetings of the joint Syrian-Jordanian higher committee chaired by the two states' prime ministers will be held on June 28 and 29. The paper expected that Syria will appoint a new ambassador and then send back the former ambassador, Majeed Abu Saleh, to Amman shortly afterward. The paper added that discussions continue between the two governments to complete the joint summit's work agenda. Go

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and Foreign Trade Minister Muhammad al-Imadi on Tuesday arrived in Johannesburg to attend celebrations in South Africa on the occasion of the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as the new president of South Africa. Go

Guinean Foreign Minister Zainoul Abidine Sanoussy arrived in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for a three -day official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The Gulf News Agency said that Sanoussy is carrying a message to President Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, from his Guinean counterpart Lansana Conte pertaining to relations between the two countries. Go

Morocco earned in 1998 over $ 1.61 billion in tourism receipts recording a 19 % increase compared to the returns posted in 1997. Addressing Tuesday the chamber of Advisors (senate), Moroccan tourism minister, Hassan Sebbar, said his department -- which invests annually around $ 9 million in promotion campaigns-- has set an ambitious plan to gain four million tourists in the few coming years and increase the country's accommodation capacity. Go

The Egyptian Businessmen's Association plans to hold a business meeting with Dutch businessmen on June 21, Saeed El-Tawil, the head of the assembly, said. He added that the meeting comes in light of a series of meetings organized by the assembly with foreign investors in Egypt entitled "international days." He also stated that the meeting is to discuss means of cooperation between Egyptian and Dutch businessmen and obstacles facing Dutch companies in Egypt and methods of ending these obstacles. Go

Gulf Air yesterday received six Airbus A330-200 passenger planes, the first of this kind for the airline. The planes are to begin service later this month. Gulf Air President and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Seif Al Nehyan took delivery of the aircraft, which seat 243 passengers. Go

Sweden defeated Russia yesterday to win the World Handball Championship, which ended yesterday in Egypt. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak presented the trophy to the winning team. Go

The World Day to Combat Desertification is to be observed tomorrow. Lena Poulsen, Technical Adviser in the Office to Combat Desertification and Drought of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), said the occasion would highlight the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, dealing with drylands, which cover 40 of the world's total landmass. She said that one objective of this occasion would be to promote women's role in implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification. Go

The executive director of the UN Office for the Iraq Program (OIP), Benan Sevan, left yesterday for Iraq, where he is to meet with senior Iraqi official on the possibility of increasing Iraq's ability to export oil, as well as with a group of UN oil experts charged with preparing a report for the UN Security Council on the requirements for increasing Iraq's oil production capacity. Go

Three Moroccan tennismen, Hicham Arazi, Younes Al-Aynaoui and Karim Alami, will participate in the London Grand Slam Tournament of Wimbledon. The first round draw put Morocco's top player, Ayanoui (World Nø 35) with Germany's Oliver Gross, while Arazi (World Nø 37) will play Paul Haarus of the Netherlands. Karim Alami (World Nø 73) will face with Italian Laurence Tielman. Go

A delegation from the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) will start next Wednesday a three-day work visit to Morocco. The visit aims to consolidate cooperation ties and exchange between NASA and the Moroccan Royal Remote Sensing Center (CRTS) in space techniques matters, a release by the CRTS said. Go

The Sudanese daily Akhbar al-Youm said that some 13 Sudanese citizens died of thirst after their coach broke down in the desert near the Libyan border. The paper added that the coach was carrying 65 persons to Libya via the desert. The survivors were able to reach Libyan villages. Go

The US daily Christian Science Monitor on Tuesday highlighted the great clinging of the people of the Golan to their homeland Syria and their keenness to return back to be an integral part o Syria. The Voice of America radio VOA quoted the paper as saying that the "Syrian young generation who were born in the Golan consider themselves as Syrians and are hopeful to return back to the Syrian sovereignty." Go

The Iranian mission at the UN has asserted that the Iranian authorities have arrested more spies who worked for Israel in Iran. In a statement released on Monday night at UN headquarters in New York, the Iranian mission said the number of arrested people exceeds 13, who are believed to be Iranian Jews who spied for the interest of Israel. Go

Lebanese Minister of Defense Ghazi Zeiter on Tuesday in Beirut received the Iranian Charge de Affairs to Lebanon. Talks dealt with developments in the region. The Iranian diplomat stressed, following the meeting, his country's backing for Lebanon in confrontation of the Israeli occupation forces. Go

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Tuesday in Kuwait reviewed with Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Sheikh Jamil al-Hujeilan the results of the consultative meeting of the leaders of the GCC member states recently held in Jeddah. Go

Former Lebanese President Amin al-Jemayel has expressed his conviction on the importance of maintaining cooperation between Syria and Lebanon. He said, "I have tried this experience, and I mean what I do say." Go

The Islamic work organization in Iraq has announced that one of its groups attacked, using bombs and light weapons, on June 11 the new headquarters of the Baghdad branch of the Baath Party. Go