Mubarak participates in Summit of the 15 Countries in Malaysia

The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will head to Kuala Lumpur on November 2 in the first visit of an Egyptian president to Malaysia. This visit will come in response to an invitation sent by the Malaysian Prime Minister Mohatemir Mohammed to participate in the Summit of the 15 Countries, an offshoot of the Gathering of the 77 Developing Countries. The summit will concentrate on the economic and trade cooperation between the member countries and also on boosting development. Meetings of the summit will continue for 3 days.

President Mubarak will hold discussions with the Prime Minister Mohammed which will focus on enhancing the relations between Egypt and Malaysia in all fields. The discussions will also tackle some of the regional and international issues of mutual interest, especially the peace process in the Middle East and the issue of Jerusalem. The discussion will also deal with the cooperation between the Islamic countries and increasing the number of the permanent members of the Security Council in order to support the Arab request to have a permanent membership on the Security Council.