AL chief to visit Russia

Originally published December 3, 2002

The secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa announced he will hold an official visit to Moscow on December 9th.

In a statement he made in Cairo yesterday, Moussa explained that he will, during this visit, which will last for several days, hold talks with the Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov and high ranking Russian officials on latest developments of conditions in the Middle East region especially in Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territories.

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