Egypt to discuss Hanoi meeting

Amr Moussa the Egyptian foreign affairs minister yesterday received former UN Secretary-General Dr. Boutros Ghali, who was chosen to be president Mubarak's personal envoy to seventh Francophone summit to be held in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.

Ghali, who is also nominated for the group's secretary-general post, said he thanked Moussa for the contacts Egypt made with the group's member states to back his nomination.

He added that Egypt, as a founding member of the Francophone group, could benefit from the group's efforts to enhance cultural and economic relations among member states. He said, moreover, that the Hanoi summit would discuss strengthening the group's political role in the world, Al Ahram daily said today.