Arabic News Daily Page for 5/6/1998
Daily Edition - Wednesday, May 6, 1998
- Assad to speak at conference of ministers of industry in June
Recent studies by the Arab Organization for Industrial Development, to be presented to the conference, showed that 50% of Arab industries are consumption industries, while food industries form 23% of total industry in the Arab states and 40% of the total consumption industries. Regional, Economics, 5/6/1998 - Mubarak confers with US army commander
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt will deliver a lecture at the French Institute for International Relations in Paris under the title "Struggle for peace in the Middle East" on May 19. Egypt-USA, Politics, 5/6/1998 - Iraqi deputy premier calls for Arab support to break siege
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz criticized the submission of the Arab states to the US in the Middle East and especially urged Iraq's bordering Arab states to break the embargo imposed on Iraq. Iraq-UN, Politics, 5/6/1998 - Morocco hosts international symposium about the Islamic economy
Casablanca will host today an international scientific symposium, the Islamic Assembly for Islamic Economic Studies, on contemporary Islamic and economic applications in the world with the participation of the Islamic Development Bank. Regional, Economics, 5/6/1998 - Egypt participates in African communications' conference
Amin Basiouni, the head of the Egyptian Nile Sat Company, said yesterday before leaving Cairo Airport heading to Johannesburg for a visit to South Africa that an Egyptian delegation will hold discussions with the delegations participating in the conference on how to benefit from the Egyptian satellite Nile Sat 102, launched last week and considered an Arab - African satellite. Egypt-South Africa, Business, 5/6/1998 - Romanian - Egyptian economic committee to meet at month's end
The Romanian ambassador in Cairo, Doro Kosittawoolt, said today that the Romanian - Egyptian committee for economic and trade cooperation will hold its coming session at the end of May. Egypt-Romania, Economics, 5/6/1998