Arabic News Daily Page for 6/1/1998
Daily Edition - Monday, June 1, 1998
- Arabs to try for a summit
Arabs have intensified contacts to organize an Arab summit to reach a unified position on the deadlock in the Middle East peace process. As part of these consultations Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin-Abdul-Aziz is expected in Amman of Jordan in a few hours for talks with Jordan's King Hussein. Jordan-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/1/1998 - Arab-Mediterranean states ministers meet today in Beirut
The ministers will discuss the Arab and European alternatives for forwarding the peace process, including Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's call for an urgent summit and the French - Egyptian initiative to hold a conference for rescuing peace. Regional, Politics, 6/1/1998 - Oman - India fertilizer project gathers momentum
Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbul Bin Ali Bin Sultan said the Oman - India chemical fertilizer project in Qalhat wilayat was making good progress. Oman-India, Business, 6/1/1998 - Richard Murphy urged European role in M.E. peace
Chairman of the US foreign relations council, Richard Murphy, who is also former US Assistant Secretary of state has called for an effective European role to take part in reviving the Middle East peace process which has been suspended for months. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 6/1/1998 - AL for cohesion between Syrian-Lebanese tracks
The secretary-general of the Arab League, Esmat Abdul Meguid, has underlined the significance of inseparability of the Syrian-Lebanese tracks of the Middle East peace process. Regional, Politics, 6/1/1998 - Violence continues in Algeria
The Algerian daily al-Aseel said today that Algerian security forces killed 37 members of the armed groups during vast mopping up operations carried out in collaboration with army forces in al-Media province. Algeria, Military, 6/1/1998 - Egypt calls for peaceful solution to disputes between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said that President Hosni Mubarak is greatly concerned with following up on the dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea in order to reach reconciliation through negotiations between the two countries. Egypt-Eritrea-Ethiopia, Politics, 6/1/1998 - Talabani: We demand lifting of sanctions on Iraq
In statements to al-Ahram today, the head of the Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, called for ending the sufferings of the Iraqi people and uplifting the international siege imposed upon Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 6/1/1998 - Amnesty International delegation visits Morocco, will meet with King Hassan
A delegation from the Amnesty International opened the organization's permanent headquarters in Morocco, and it is expected that the delegation's head the secretary general of the organization, Pierre Sane, will meet with the Moroccan monarch, King Hassan II. Morocco, Politics, 6/1/1998 - Jordan's Premier notes contacts with Syria despite differences Jordan-Syria, Politics, 6/1/1998
- Jordan in OSCE
Jordan has been recognized as a permanent Mediterranean member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE. Jordan, Politics, 6/1/1998