Egypt FM confers with al-Mahdi

Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa discussed developments in Sudan as a result of the US recent strikes against Khartoum with former Sudanese prime minister and Nation's (Ummah) Party leader al-Sadeq al-Mahdi.

Following the meeting, al-Mahdi said that dealing with the phenomenon of terrorism cannot be accomplished through mere reactions, but by convening an international conference under the auspices of the UN. The conference would investigate all the topics that relate to terrorism and draw up a specific definition of terrorism

Al-Mahdi asked for a UN fact-finding committee to be dispatched to the exploded factory.

Meanwhile, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a member of the foreign relations committee at the US Senate, Joseph Biden. Following the meeting, the US senator said he listened to President Mubarak about the developments in the Middle East peace process and its recent impasse.

The US senator expressed hope that Israel will agree to withdraw from 13% of the West Bank territories.