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Moussa to visit the US in July
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa will begin a four-day visit to the United Sates of America on July 9, during which he will meet with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Moussa will also head his country's delegation to meetings which will undertake US - Egyptian strategic talks.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 6/27/1998

Security source denies reports that terrorists plan to kidnap US citizens
Egypt, Local, 6/27/1998

Mubarak receives a telephone call from Yeltsin
President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Russian President Boris Yeltsin discussed the situation in the Middle East and the crisis facing the Middle East peace process. This was in a telephone call President Mubarak received on Friday from his Russian counterpart.
Egypt-Russia, Politics, 6/27/1998

Lebanese - Egyptian businessmen's association to establish a joint bank
The head of the Lebanese - Egyptian businessmen's association, Badran Kamel, said the association intends to establish a joint bank, named Lebanon - Egypt United Bank with a primary capital of $30 million, adding that in December the bank's capital will be presented to businessmen and investors in the two countries for participation.
Egypt-Lebanon, Business, 6/27/1998

Egypt's trade should rise with COMESA membership
Diplomatic sources in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated that Egypt's membership in the assembly of the southern and eastern African countries, known as the COMESA (Komisa) assembly, will help support commercial and investment relations between Egypt and the assembly's 19 member states
Egypt, Economics, 6/27/1998

Turkish - Egyptian cooperation with Balkan countries and Africa under discussion
Ambassador Fathi El-Shazeli, Egypt's assistant foreign minister for European affairs, confirmed that he discussed with Turkish officials an arrangement for convening meetings of the joint economic committee and the joint tourism, committee in July, in addition to visit by a governmental delegation with Turkish businessmen during October.
Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 6/27/1998

Egyptian foreign minister approves of visit by Spanish prime minister
Moussa said that there are continued communications between the two countries on all economic, political and cultural levels.
Egypt-Spain, Economics, 6/27/1998

Egypt's Nile islands to become natural reserves
The dozens of Egyptian islands lying on the river Nile will be preserved as natural reserves, Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri said Thursday.
Egypt, Environment, 6/26/1998

Saudi, Egyptian joint committee meets in Riyadh
Moussa, who held talks in Riyadh in the course of convening the Egyptian - Saudi joint higher committee on Wednesday, denied reports of convening a tripartite meeting with their Syrian counterpart Farouk al-Sharaa to discuss the stalemate in the Middle East peace process
Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Politics, 6/26/1998

Israeli consul visits Azam Azam in Cairo prison
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 6/26/1998

Mubarak: Israel is challenging America
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that the problems from which the Middle East suffers, among which is the current Israeli government's obstinacy, will not lead to prevailing calm in the area.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 6/25/1998

44 policemen and 24 terrorists killed last year
The Egyptian Human Rights Organization stated that 44 Egyptian policemen and 24 members of Islamist armed groups were killed during confrontations between the two sides last year, in a report on Egypt last year.
Egypt, Politics, 6/25/1998

Egyptian minister of international cooperation signs agreement with Slovenia
El-Beshri will sign with his Slovenian counterpart two agreements over scientific and economic cooperation as well as protecting joint investments.
Egypt-Slovenia, Economics, 6/25/1998

Alexandria highway diverted for antiquities
Egypt, Culture, 6/25/1998

Increasing trade between Egyptian and France to $930 million
Egypt-France, Economics, 6/24/1998

Egyptian human rights report: 191 killed due to violence in the last year
The Egyptian Human Rights Organization addressed on Tuesday in its annual report the state of human rights in Egypt during the last year.
Egypt, Politics, 6/24/1998

President Mubarak urges Sudan to commit to obligations
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Tuesday urged Khartoum to "commit itself to its obligations" so as to ease the relations between the two countries.
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 6/24/1998

Saudi, Egyptian FM s deny calls for plenary, mini summits
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Prince Saud al-Faisal and Amr Moussa respectively, denied that they have issued calls to convene any Arab summit, mini or plenary.
Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Politics, 6/24/1998

Communications to determine the date of Bashir's visit to Cairo continue
Dr. Abdul Wahab Othman, the Sudanese minister of economy and finance, said that communications are continuously held between Cairo and Khartoum to determine the date of the anticipated visit of Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir to Egypt in light of the positive developments in Egyptian - Sudanese relations.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 6/24/1998

Libyan supports an Arab military bloc
The general secretariat of the people's committee for unity in Libya on Tuesday welcomed the call advocated by Egyptian Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Hussein Tantawi to set up an Arab military bloc to meet challenges impeding the Arab nation and to facilitate technical advancement.
Libya-Egypt, Military, 6/24/1998

Egyptian - Turkish meeting today
The Egyptian - Turkish political committee is convening its first meeting in Ankara today to examine international and regional issues concerning security and stability in the Middle East.
Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 6/24/1998

Negotiations between Egypt and Iraq for reconstructing electricity stations
Egyptian - Iraqi relations will be under discussion in fields of industry and electricity during the coming month.
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 6/24/1998

Moussa arrives in Saudi Arabia today
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa will arrive today in Riyadh, for a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia during which he will hold with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal the meetings of the eighth session of the Egyptian - Saudi high joint committee.
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/23/1998

Cairo: Two al-Jihad members arrested
Egyptian judicial and security sources said on Monday that the Egyptian authorities arrested two persons suspected of being members in the extremist "al-Jihad al-Islami" organization upon their arrival from Jordan and Yemen this month.
Egypt-Yemen, Judicial, 6/23/1998

Mubarak calls for a nuclear-free Middle East
Egypt-Regional, Medicine, 6/23/1998

Doha lifts embargo on recruiting Egyptians
The Egyptian ambassador in Qatar, Ahmad Munisi, said that Qatar has lifted its embargo on employing Egyptians which had been in effect for months due to tense relations between Doha and Cairo.
Qatar-Egypt, Politics, 6/22/1998

Head of the Arab Monetary Fund: We have an active role in Arab trade
The head of Arab Monetary Fund Gassem El-Manaay confirmed that the fund is playing an active role in Cairo, where the fund is financing trade between Egypt and other Arab states.
Regional-Egypt, Economics, 6/22/1998

Turkish minister of energy discuss import of Egyptian gas
Turkish Minister of Energy Cumhur Ersumer met today with Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Hamdi El-Banbi to discuss project exporting Egyptian gas to Ankara according to the principals of an agreement signed by the two sides in November, 1996.
Egypt-Turkey, Business, 6/22/1998

A message from Gaddafi to Mubarak
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Sunday received the secretary of the people's unity committee in Libya, Jumaa al-Fazani, who delivered a message from Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi relating to bilateral relations and joint Arab action.
Libya-Egypt-Nambia, Politics, 6/22/1998

Saudi -Egyptian joint committee meets in Riyadh
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/22/1998

Palestine allowed to publish, distribute Egyptian textbooks in schools
Egypt-Palestine, Education, 6/22/1998

Sheikh Yassin in Egypt on way to Gaza, Egypt denies obstacles
An Egyptian official source confirmed that Egypt is not preventing the return of Hamas founder Sheikh Yassin to Gaza, saying that Egypt is willing to receive Sheikh Yassin and facilitate his entrance to Gaza.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 6/22/1998

Iranian FM to visit Egypt
Egypt-Iran, Politics, 6/22/1998


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