Israel: Abu al-Gheit visit postponed

The Israeli army radio announced yesterday that the Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Abu al-Gheit has been postponed for two weeks, a visit he was due to pay to Israel because of the critical health situation of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

Abu al-Gheit was expected to have arrived today in Israel, accompanied by the intelligence director lt. Gen. Omar Suleiman. A spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry refused to comment on this news and confined to saying that Cairo is the side which should to announce the postponement.