Arabic News Daily Page for 7/9/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, July 9, 1998
- Iraq and Iran discuss supporting bilateral relations, resolve POW issue
Diplomatic sources said in Baghdad yesterday that Iranian foreign minister will visit Iraq next month at the invitation of the undersecretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Saad Abd El-Magid El-Faisel Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/9/1998 - Damascus hosts 16th European-Arab parliamentary dialogue
Secretary General of the Arab parliamentary Union APU Nur Eddine Bushkouh said the 16th conference for European- Arab parliamentary dialogue to be convened in Damascus on July 11 to 13 is important for explaining Arab issues in European parliaments through the members taking part in the conference. Regional-European Union, Politics, 7/9/1998 - Lebanese prisoners in al-Khayyam see their families for the first time
Families of Lebanese detainees and prisoners in al-Khayyam's camp in the occupied South Lebanon today visited their children and relatives in the said camp under the supervision of the International Red Cross society. Lebanon-Israel, Local, 7/9/1998 - 400 companies in first exhibition for Egyptian products in Iran
In implementation of the cooperation protocol recently signed between the Union of Egyptian Industries and its Iranian counterpart, an exhibition of Egyptian products in will be held in Tehran during October with the participation of 400 companies. Egypt-Iran, Business, 7/9/1998 - Sudanese government ready to try suspects in attacks
Sudanese Minister of the Interior Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hussein said that some 15 persons accused of being involved in the series of explosions that took place in Khartoum last week will be presented before a military court. Sudan, Politics, 7/9/1998 - Israel's withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands imperative, Moussa says
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has renewed calls for abiding by the Madrid terms of reference in order to put the Middle East peace process into the right track. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/9/1998 - Amr Moussa due to visit France on July 17 Egypt-France, Politics, 7/9/1998
- 48% increase in Egyptian free zones' exports to US markets
Ibrahim Fawzi, the head of the Egyptian general department for investment and free zones said that the exports from the free zones to the US market rose from $41 million during the first six months of last year to $60.6 million during the same period of the current year, an increase of 48%. Egypt-USA, Economics, 7/9/1998 - Cem confers with Israeli president, Arafat
Israeli President Ezer Weizman praised relations between Israel and Turkey and the agreement on military and security cooperation between the two sides. Palestine-Turkey, Politics, 7/9/1998 - $156 million worth of Egyptian sales at Baghdad exhibition
The total amount of sales that took place in Baghdad's exhibition for Egyptian products reached $156 million. Egypt-Iraq, Business, 7/9/1998 - $4 billion shortage in new Kuwaiti budget
The Kuwaiti government is currently studying methods of confronting the anticipated shortage in the 1998 -1999 budget resulting from the reduction of petroleum prices. Kuwait, Economics, 7/9/1998