Ebeid receives director of Washington Institute for ME studies

Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid Wednesday held a meeting with the Director of the Washington Institute for Middle East studies. US Ambassador in Cairo Daniel Kurtzer attended the meeting. The US official said he discussed with Ebeid the economic reform stages carried out by Egypt over the past ten years and Egypt's success in taking into account the social dimension, cutting down inflation rates and balance deficiency.

He lauded the role Egypt was playing in order to settle the current Middle East crisis.