Arabic News Daily Page for 5/29/1998
Daily Edition - Friday, May 29, 1998
- Tunisian, Maltese FMs meet on ME, Europe
An official Tunisian source said that the Maltese minister of foreign affairs and the environment on Thursday started an official visit to Tunisia in order to hold talks with his Tunisian counterpart, Saeed Bin Mustafa, on the Middle East and Europe. Tunisia-Malta, Politics, 5/29/1998 - Minor haj canceled in Iraq Iraq, Politics, 5/29/1998
- Meetings of the ministerial council for the O.A.U on 4 June
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa will head his country's delegation to the meetings of the 68th ministerial council of the Organization of African Unity, which will be held in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on June 4-6. North Africa-Egypt, Politics, 5/29/1998 - Mexican ambassador in Cairo expects increasing trade volume with Egypt
Hector Cardinas the Mexican ambassador in Cairo expected an increase in trade exchange between Egypt and Mexico from $24 million to $25 million. Egypt-Mexico, Economics, 5/29/1998 - Shamseddine: Israel is a hostage in hands of Lebanese resistance
The head of Lebanon's High Islamic Shiite Council, Imam Muhammad Mahdi Shamseddine, confirmed the correlation of the two Lebanese and Syrian tracks in the peace process with Israel. Lebanon, Politics, 5/29/1998 - Kuwaiti parliamentarian confirms support for the Iraqi people
The head of foreign affairs committee in the Kuwaiti Nation's Council (the parliament), Abdul Aziz al-Adesan, confirmed on Wednesday evening in Manama that Kuwait, on both the public and formal levels backs up the Iraqi people and stands with them Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 5/29/1998 - King Hassan leaves Cairo after signing 13 agreements with President Mubarak
Moroccan monarch King Hassan II left Egypt yesterday to return to his country after a visit that lasted for three days, in which he held three bilateral meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt-Morocco, Politics, 5/29/1998 - Palestinian refugees conference opens in Amman
The conference will discuss two reports: The first pertains to UNRWA's financial condition, and the second relates to programs and services rendered by the UN agency for some 3.5 million Palestinian refugees. Palestine-UN, International, 5/29/1998