Cairo to pursue diplomatic activity on coming week

Cairo will witness intensive diplomatic activities next week within the context of Egyptian - European communications concerning regional issues.

President Hosni Mubarak will receive Norwegian foreign minister Knut Vollebaek, the British Foreign Minister Robin Cook and Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Scheduessel, where they are to discuss a large number of international and regional issues such as the Middle East peace process, the implementation of Wye-agreement between Israeli and Palestinian authority and the Iraqi crisis.

It is expected that the Norwegian minister will arrive in Cairo tomorrow, the Austrian minister on Sunday and the British minister on Monday. Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is also to hold talks with his counterparts tackling the same subjects alongside regional issues of joint interest, bilateral relations including economic and trade relations.