Mubarak to open African - European summit in April

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will open on April 3 in Cairo the African - European summit in the attendance of 67 heads of countries and governments in Africa and the European Union in the largest assembly for a regional summit conference to be held on this level.

The agenda of the summit's works includes discussing settlement of the conflicts in Africa, establishing confidence, refugee issues, terrorism, combating poverty, AIDS, health, education and the economic integrity of Africa on the regional and international levels.

The summit will include three works sessions, the first of which is headed by Egypt in its capacity as the host country. The second is headed in Algeria's current chairmanship of the Organization of African Unity, while Portugal heads the third session as the current head of the European Union.