Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/16/1998
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 16, 1998
- Egyptian foreign minister and Palestinian Jerusalem official meet Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/20/1998
- Egypt: Three extremists join list of suspects in Pakistan embassy bombing
The Supreme Security Court in Cairo on Wednesday completed investigations with two extremists Egypt delivered during October from South Africa and placed in custody together with a third detainee from South Africa. Egypt, Judicial, 11/20/1998 - Commission for merchandising Egyptian goods visits West Africa Egypt-Africa, Economics, 11/20/1998
- Arab parliaments' secretary generals call for consolidating democracy
The first meeting of secretary generals of Arab parliaments called for the consolidation of democracy in Arab states. Regional-Egypt, Politics, 11/20/1998 - Morocco In Arab Constitutional Courts Meeting Regional-Egypt, Judicial, 11/20/1998
- 110 Arabian films in Cairo cinema festival Egypt-Regional, Entertainment, 11/20/1998
- President Mubarak meets with South Korean business delegation Egypt-South Korea, Economics, 11/19/1998
- Meeting of Kuwaiti - Egyptian committee scheduled for Monday Kuwait-Egypt, Politics, 11/19/1998
- French week in Egypt coming during May
Five days of activities for the French week in Egypt, "France Expo," will take place in Cairo in May 1999. Egypt-France, Economics, 11/19/1998 - An agreement for the Bahrain - Egyptian cooperation Egypt-Bahrain, Politics, 11/19/1998
- Arab parliaments secretary generals start meeting in Cairo
The first meeting of secretary generals of Arab parliaments opened in Cairo on Wednesday to examine ways to enhance coordination and cooperation among Arab legislative institutions. Regional-Egypt, Politics, 11/19/1998 - Cairo turns away Israeli request
Cairo has rejected an Israeli request to resume multilateral regional talks, stressing that any change in the Egyptian position is linked to the realization of a tangible progress in the political negotiations on all Middle East peace tracks. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Husseini in Cairo Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 11/18/1998
- Egypt to participate in meetings of Somali committee in Rome Egypt-Somalia, Politics, 11/18/1998
- EU - Egyptian partnership negotiations
A new round of EU - Egyptian association agreement negotiations started on Tuesday in Cairo with the objective of retifying an agreement between the two sides. Egypt-European Union, Economics, 11/18/1998 - Morocco and Egypt set cooperation implements between supreme courts Egypt-Morocco, Judicial, 11/18/1998
- Moussa, Arafat review negotiations between Israel and PA Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/17/1998
- Mubarak, Russian defense minister discuss renovating Soviet-built factories
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday discussed with Russian Defense Minister Marshal Igor Sergiev, who handed him a message from his Russian counterpart, means of relaunching military cooperation between the two countries. Egypt-Russia, Politics, 11/17/1998 - Moussa, El-Baz meet with Israeli envoy on Wye government
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa discussed on Sunday with the political advisor of the Israeli government, Uzi Arad, the steps taken by Israel to carry out the Wye River agreement concerning the second phase of redeployment from the West Bank after the Israeli Cabinet ratified the memorandum of understanding signed during October in Washington. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/16/1998 - Egyptian opposition parties threaten to strike American interests
Egyptian opposition forces and parties directed a strongly-worded communique to the US government, in which they equated Iraqi security with the security of American interests. Egypt-Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/16/1998 - Mubarak discusses Middle East peace with European envoy
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday received Austrian Foreign Minister and Deputy Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel, whose country is currently presiding over the rotating presidency of the European Union. Their discussions dealt with the peace process, the situation in the Middle East in light of Schussel's tour on the region as well as developments in the current Iraqi crisis with the UN. Egypt-Regional-European Union, Politics, 11/16/1998 - Russian defense minister in Cairo
In a new step towards improving Egyptian - Russian relations, Russian Defense Minister Marshal Igor Segiev arrived in Cairo on Sunday night from Damascus to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Lt. Gen. Hussein Tantawi, on means of strengthening "military cooperation between Egypt and Federal Russia." Egypt-Russia, Politics, 11/16/1998 - Egyptian business delegation is visiting Turkey today Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 11/16/1998