Mubarak to visit Paris tomorrow

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to pay a formal visit to Paris on Tuesday, according to a formal invitation from French President Jacques Chirac.

French diplomatic sources in Cairo told ArabicNews.com that tomorrow President Mubarak is going to meet the chief of the representative council for Jewish corporations in France, Hendi Had Gienberg, to tackle reconciliation between Arabs and Jews by the means of Jews residing in France.

The sources added that the Jewish official presented suggestions in this respect, to President Mubarak during December in Cairo, when the Jewish official expressed to Mubarak his desire to establish a permanent dialogue between the two groups in different areas.

It is worthy said that Had Gienberg is currently visiting Tunis where he met with Tunisian President Zien El-Abidine Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Said Ben Mustapha, Minister of Culture Abdelbaki Hermassi, and Minister of Handicrafts and Tourism Slaheddine Maaoui.