Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 4/13/1998
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of April 13, 1998
- Mubarak and Blair warns of danger
Mubarak said" the peace agreement in Ireland has taken place because of the people's will and we hope that leaders will walk in the same direction." Egypt-UK, Politics, 4/18/1998 - Businessmen blame governments for moving slow on Arab free trade
The Egyptian assembly for businessmen stated that the process of breaking down barriers to inter-Arab trade and establishing a free trade zone is still advancing slowly. Regional-Egypt, Business, 4/18/1998 - Blair wants his mark on Arab-Israeli relations
During the banquet they signed a protocol which calls for joint support for a natural gas pipeline project south of El-Wadt in Egypt. Egypt-Regional-UK, Politics, 4/18/1998 - Results of bidding to explore for Egyptian petroleum coming this week
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Hamdi El-Banbi said he will announce the results of international bidding for rights to explore for gas and petroleum this week. Egypt, Economics, 4/18/1998 - Egypt-Indian set prepare for more trade
The participation agreement between the two countries and setting up a cooperation program for medium and smaller industries will be at the top of the agenda that will be discussed within the committee's meeting. Egypt-India, Economics, 4/18/1998 - Ross to Netanyahu: 13 percent withdrawal required
The US coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Dennis Ross, will pay a visit to the Middle East on Friday in the latest attempt to break the current deadlock in the peace process. Egypt-Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/18/1998 - Blair in Cairo, Iraq, trade, terrorism on agenda
will tackle six main issues, including finding a settlement for the Lockerbie crisis, the Middle East peace process and methods of activating the European role alongside the US role Egypt-UK, Business, 4/17/1998 - Hariri to clarify Lebanon's position to Cairo
Hariri will review with president Mubarak the meetings of Lebanese - Syrian - Lattakia summit, Lebanese efforts concerning the peace process and the Lebanese rejection of Israeli efforts to place conditions on the implementation of Security Council resolution 425. Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 4/17/1998 - Iraq's Sahaf to attend Security Council session
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said Sahaf arrived today in Cairo for a two-day visit, during which he will hold talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa concerning the escalation of the new disputes between the US and Iraq. Iraq-Egypt-UN, Politics, 4/17/1998 - Egypt releases five Islamists Egypt, Judicial, 4/17/1998
- President Mubarak: European role should be a complement to US role
Mubarak said, "If Israel wants to withdraw unconditionally from South Lebanon in accordance with the Resolution 425, no one will reject this. But if it sets negotiations as a precondition to withdraw neither Syria nor Lebanon will agree on this." Egypt-Syria, Politics, 4/16/1998 - Regaining 60% of the tourists activities in Egypt
Mamdouh El-Beltagi, the Egyptian minister of tourism, said that Egypt has regained 60% of its tourist traffic and that 40,000 British citizens have visited Egypt since the Luxor incident, which confirms British citizens' strong desire to visit Egypt. Egypt, Business, 4/16/1998 - Atef Ebeid speaks on privatization efforts
Egyptian Minister of Public Works Attaif Ebeid stressed that Egypt is "seriously" studying a request to reduce annual aid delivered by the US with civil donations estimated at US $1 billion, but "no tangible decision was so far taken in this respect." Egypt-USA, Economics, 4/16/1998 - Egypt warns of the danger of the Turkish - Israeli alliance Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 4/16/1998
- American - Egyptian participation committee meets today at Washington Egypt-USA, Economics, 4/16/1998
- Transportation committee agrees on law granting foreigners and Egyptians right to establish harbors Egypt, Economics, 4/16/1998
- IMF: Foreign investments rising in Egypt Egypt, Economics, 4/16/1998
- Joint naval maneuvers between Egypt, US Egypt-USA, Military, 4/16/1998
- Committee for receiving Egypt's properties in Sudan Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 4/16/1998
- Ein Shams pedriatric conference coming Egypt, Education, 4/16/1998
- Cairo University celebrates 90th anniversary Egypt, Education, 4/16/1998
- Blair asked not to hand over Egyptian extremists
The Islamic Media Center which takes London as a headquarters, and has very close ties to Islamist extremists in Egypt on Tuesday urged British Prime Minister Tony Blair not to hand over Egyptian political asylum seekers staying in Britain. Egypt-UK, Politics, 4/15/1998 - Expected Mubarak - Bashir summit to discuss external plot against Sudan
Sudanese officials have said the US has a role in the plot against Sudan, and reports say Israeli military advisors will visit Eritrea during the coming days to negotiate the Israeli role in toppling Bashir. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 4/15/1998 - Moussa heading to Bahrain for talks
The talks will also tackle the current Bahraini membership in the UN Security Council. Moussa said that Bahrain has a special role because of its Security Council membership and said there will be important consultations with officials in Manama. Egypt-Bahrain, Politics, 4/15/1998 - Yemen hopes Egypt can help with economic advice
The manager of the Yemeni Central Bank, Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, said that this visit comes within a previous invitation directed to the Egyptian official to exchange opinions and experiences in the fields of financial and economic reform in the two countries. Egypt-Yemen, Economics, 4/15/1998 - Mubarak - Assad meeting Egypt-Syria, Politics, 4/15/1998
- Sudanese minister of interior: good progress in Sudanese - Egyptian relations
Hussien said his visit to Egypt will be an adequate chance to meet with Egyptian Minister of Interior Habib El-Adli to discuss pending security issues between the two countries. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 4/15/1998 - Kuwait parliamentary delegation in Cairo on Friday Kuwait-Egypt, Politics, 4/15/1998
- French minister in Cairo condemns Algerian terror
The French minister condemned during his visit to Cairo the terrorists acts in Algeria and the hideous crimes of these groups, he then expressed his hope that Algeria would restore its urbanized identity and solve its external problems Egypt-France, Politics, 4/14/1998 - Indonesian President Suharto to visit Egypt Egypt-Indonesia, Politics, 4/14/1998
- Egypt for Greater Arab common market Egypt-Regional, Politics, 4/14/1998
- Egypt - Britain Egypt-UK, Politics, 4/14/1998
- Tantawi: Don't celebrate French invasion Egypt, Politics, 4/14/1998
- Accusation against Egypt on oppressing the Copts refuted Egypt, Politics, 4/14/1998
- British parliamentary delegation discusses Egyptian peace process role
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met with a delegation from the British House of Commons, currently visiting Egypt, under the leadership of Ken Purchase, who said after the meeting that they exchanged views on Egypt's role in the peace process and the future of this process. Egypt-UK, Politics, 4/13/1998 - US prize goes to Egyptian al-Azhar professor Egypt-USA, Health, 4/13/1998
- Egyptian Premier confers with French Minister of the Interior Egypt-France, Politics, 4/13/1998
- Israeli companies are marketing by using Quranic verses says Idris
The chairman of the Egyptian Central Agricultural Cooperation Union also asked Egyptians to resist Israeli goods in Egyptian markets which are not labeled with the source country. Egypt-Israel, Business, 4/13/1998 - Mubarak confers with Hussein Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 4/13/1998