Arabic News Daily Page for 5/12/1998
Daily Edition - Tuesday, May 12, 1998
- From the Arab League
Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Coptic Pope Shenouda III, and ministers of the foreign countries in Cairo to attend a comprehensive meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of the scattering of the Palestinian people on May 26. Regional, Politics, 5/12/1998 - Egypt calls for Somali peace talks
A spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Egypt is following with great anxiety current armed clashes in the city of Chisimayu in southern Somalia, where due to these clashes tens of victims were killed. Egypt-Somalia, Politics, 5/12/1998 - Arab joint projects for petroleum in Egypt
The Egyptian minister said that a company for gas was formed by a contribution from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates with a rate of 9% and 10% from Egypt. The company in Egypt will work on attracting investment. Joint projects were also crystallized with Bahrain, which will be announced later. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 5/12/1998 - A.L. expresses worries on peace talks
The Arab League on Monday informed Russia, as one of the peace process cosponsors, that the Arab states are worried about the current grave situation of the peace process. Regional, Politics, 5/12/1998 - Syrian PNF meets on latest Middle East developments
He stressed Syria's stand, based on the achievement of Arab economic, commercial, cultural and scientific integration since it is the "Arabs' sole option through which they can go into the 21st century." Syria, Politics, 5/12/1998