Arafat in Egypt today

Originally published September 15, 1997

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is visiting Egypt today to meet President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the outcome of a regional peacemaking tour by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The Mubarak-Arafat talks will assess the Middle East scene following the Albright trip, and ways of grappling with Israeli clampdown on Palestinian self-rule areas, Al Ahram daily said September 15.

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