Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 9/21/1998
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of September 21, 1998
- Sudan: Relations with Egypt a strategic choice, unity a goal Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/26/1998
- 23 Lebanese projects in the Egyptian free zones Egypt-Lebanon, Economics, 9/26/1998
- El-Baz warns of Israel ownership of nuclear weapons
El-Baz stated yesterday evening that Israel's ownership of nuclear weapons is an untenable situation because it forms a disturbance and a break in the regional balance of power, resulting in invasions and threatening peace. Egypt, Politics, 9/25/1998 - Sudan hails Moussa - Othman Ismael meeting
The ruling party in Sudan praised today Egyptian mediation efforts to achieve a Sudanese reconciliation, where prominent Sudanese oppositon members are holding meetings with Egyptian officials concerning the Egyptian role. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/25/1998 - Iraqi minister of health to visit Egypt on Sunday
Iraqi Minister of Health Dr. Medhat Mubarak will visit Egypt on Sunday at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Dr. Ismail Salam. Egypt-Iraq, Medicine, 9/25/1998 - Moussa and the Arab league address the Turkey issue
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has asserted that the Middle East does not need the creation of military alliances under any name, noting that his country rejects the establishment of such alliances. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 9/24/1998 - Egyptian - Sudanese setting for resuming work on Gongly Canal
Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Mohmoud Abu Zied confirmed today that Egypt and Sudan are currently working on joint projects to make use of the lost water from the Nile in southern Sudan, especially in Gongly Canal where the losses reach 70%. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 9/24/1998 - European Commission to visit Egypt to discuss potato crisis
During his meeting yesterday with members of an Arab - German trade group, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Supply Ahmed Goweili announced that Egypt will resort to the World Trade Organization to solve the dumping problems and surcharges raised against Egyptian exports to Europe if they are not be solved with the European committee. Egypt-European Union, Economics, 9/24/1998 - Saudi - Egyptian company of 300 million dollar Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Business, 9/24/1998
- Cairo: Egyptian accused in Tanzania is Islamic Group dissident
Informed Egyptian sources said that citizen Mustafa Mahmoud Sayed Ahmed, accused by the Tanzanian authorities of being involved with a Tanzanian citizen named Rachid Saleh in the explosion that destroyed the US embassy in Dar es Salaam on August 7. Egypt, Politics, 9/24/1998 - Cooperation between Egypt and Italy in craft projects
Egyptian Minister of Rural Development Mahmoud Sherif the announced today the beginning of implementing an agreement for joint cooperation between the Italian National Union for Craft Projects and the Egyptian Productive Cooperation Union. Egypt-Italy, Economics, 9/24/1998 - Egyptian businessmen to meet with European ambassadors tomorrow on trade issues
Secretary-general of the Egyptian Businessmen Assembly, Taher El-Sherif, said today that Egyptian Minister of Trade and Supply Ahmed Goweili will hold a meeting tomorrow with the Egyptian Businessmen Assembly to discuss the obstacles facing Egyptian exports in international markets. Egypt-European Union, Economics, 9/23/1998 - US offers military sales to Egypt, Israel
The US Department of Defense has announced during the past week three possible sales of military equipment to Israel and Egypt, offering fighter jets to Ireal and an upgrade of equipment to Egypt. Egypt-Israel-USA, Military, 9/23/1998 - Egypt refuses to license Muslim Brotherhood separatist party
The "Parties committee" authorized to license parties in Egypt refused an application to found "The Egyptian al-Wasat Party" comprised of separatists from the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt, Politics, 9/23/1998 - Egypt could lose $200 million as a result of banned potato exports
The head of the agricultural committee in the general export department of the trade chambers' union, Osama Khir El-Din, warned today of the consequences of implementing the resolution of the European Union to prevent the export of Egyptian potatoes to European markets, saying that losses in the potato exporting sector would reach at least $200 million, in addition to putting 150,000 workers out of work. Egypt-European Union, Economics, 9/23/1998 - 53 million shares in Egyptian stock market owned by foreign investors
A recent report by the Egyptian financial market revealed that foreigners contribute to 110 companies are registered in the Egyptian stock market ,with 53 million shares, accounting for 6.6% of the total shares. Egypt, Economics, 9/23/1998 - Egypt starts reconciliation of Sudanese government and opposition
Egyptian political sources said today that the head of the Sudanese opposition National Democratic Alliance, Mohammed Othman El-Merghani, arrived in Cairo yesterday to meet with Egyptian officials to discuss the details of formal meetings held by Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael in Cairo. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 9/22/1998 - First stage of Egyptian - French - Italian maneuvers concludes
The first stage of the joint naval training exercise Cleopatra 98 ended yesterday. This training takes places every two years in the Mediterranean with the participation of Egyptian, French and Italian marine units. Egypt, Military, 9/22/1998 - Egyptian - European committee to meet to settle potato export problem
A symposium on exporting the Egyptian potato crop to Europe and on the problems facing the export process and the suggested solutions was held yesterday at Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters, chaired by the Egyptian assistant foreign minister and head of the Egyptian - European participation unit at the Foreign Ministry, Gamal Bayoumi. Egypt-European Union, Economics, 9/22/1998 - Ministers of energy in Mediterranean area to meet next week
The ministers of energy in the Mediterranean states will hold a meeting the coming week in Milan, Italy to discuss economic and technical studies for the electric link project between the Mediterranean countries. Regional-Egypt, Economics, 9/22/1998 - Egypt prepares for anti-terrorism conference
Egypt has taken measures to activate the initiative of President Mubarak to hold an international conference to discuss methods of combating terrorism. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 9/21/1998 - Intensive diplomatic activity in Cairo
Egypt's assistant foreign minister for European affairs Fathi El-Shazeli received today Christopher Ranter, the manager of the North Africa and Middle East Department in the British Foreign Ministry who is currently visiting Cairo. Egypt-Russia, Politics, 9/21/1998 - Morocco and Egypt to foster social affairs cooperation Egypt-Morocco, Culture, 9/21/1998
- El-Beltagi expects 16 million tourists in 2017
Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mamdouh El-Beltagi expected that by the year 2017 the number of projected tourists to Egypt will reach 16 million and the number of tourist nights will increase to 13 million due to a raise in the average tourists' stay from 6.5 nights to 8 nights each. Egypt, Economics, 9/21/1998