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Jordan's King Abdullah II will pay an official visit to Spain on October 20 - 22. AFP quoted a statement released on Friday by the Spanish Foreign Ministry as saying that this visit comes at the invitation of Spain's King Juan Carlos. Go

Meetings of the executive bureau of the Egyptian- Moroccan businessmen's council concluded yesterday evening in Cairo after lasting for two days, during which the bureau discussed establishing ten joint projects with a capital of 500 million Egyptian pounds in the fields of cement, food industries and marketing Egyptian projects, in addition to establishing a Tunisian - Moroccan - Egyptian Bank for revitalizing trade among the three states. Go

The materialization of the Moroccan-Tunisian project to set up a free trade area was studied Friday in Tunis between Tunisian Industry Minister Moncef Ben Abdellah and head of the Moroccan-Tunisian Business Council, M'hamed Mezzour. Go

Chinese President Jiang Zemin will on Monday start a two-week tour of North Africa and the Middle East wher he will visit Morocco and Algeria. An official for western Asia and North Africa affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that President Zemin will also visit Saudi Arabia, and an oil agreement between the two countries will be signed during the visit. Go

Italian Defense Minister Carlo Scognamiglio is to arrive today in Riyadh for a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia to fulfill the invitation of Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz. Official Saudi sources in Riyadh said Scognamiglio will hold two rounds of talks with Prince Sultan regarding enhancing military cooperation between the two countries and issues of joint concern, adding that Scognamiglio will discuss with the Saudi officials the situation in the area, the peace process in the Middle East and the international situation. Go

The Palestinians expressed displeasure toward what they called Israeli procrastination regarding entering negotiations of the final status. The Palestinian Authority asked the Israeli government to specify quickly the names of the Israeli delegation's members to the final status negotiations. El-Tayeb Abd El-Reheem Amin, secretary general of the Palestinian side, said the Israeli Prime Minister is not concerned with the final status negotiations and is not taking the responsibility towards this. Go

Mohammed Bassiouni, the Egyptian ambassador to Israel, came back yesterday to Cairo airport for a brief visit, during which he will deliver to Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa a report about the recent developments of the peace process in the Middle East, following up on what has been implemented of the Wye River accord and the special preparations to resume the final status talks and start the talks of the final position on September 13, 2000. Go

Abd El-Fatah Galal, head of the national institution for astronomical research, denied rumors repeated that a devastating earthquake may take place in Egypt, as scientists so far never reached a decisive way to predict earthquakes. Rumors were repeated in Egypt that Egypt is expected to witnesses an earthquake, which were related to Japanese sources. Go

Morocco and France have created a 1.5 million French Franc Trophy to award associations working in favor of poor children. The solidarity trophees, dubbed "les trophees Tadamoun," will be awarded at a ceremony on October 24 in Paris to four Moroccan and four French associations, part of Morocco's times in France. Go

Israeli Premier Ehud Barak signed yesterday with Greek Defense Minister Apostolos-Athanasios Tsokhatzopoulos a rapport and a friendship agreement between the two countries. The Israeli Defense Ministry referred in the two sides' agreement to the importance of maintaining regional stability and security. Details of the agreement, which is considered a confirmation of a joint security charter between the two countries signed in 1994, were not revealed. Go