Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 7/5/1999
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of July 5, 1999
- Mubarak to attend Organization of African Unity summit in Algeria Egypt, Politics, 7/10/1999
- Mubarak and the Syrian track Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/10/1999
- Mubarak - Arafat coordination
The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak received a phone call last night from the Palestinian president Arafat during which they discussed the latest development of peace process in light of the meeting between president Mubarak and the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak yesterday. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/10/1999 - $234 million are the export value of the Egyptian free zone Egypt, Economics, 7/10/1999
- Sudan to return Egyptian properties, meets with opposition Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/10/1999
- UNIDO supports the social development project in Egypt
A high-level delegation of managers of the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development working at the organization's main headquarters in Vienna will travel to Egypt for a four-day working visit. Egypt, Economics, 7/10/1999 - $22 million dollars in Egyptian imports from Israel last year
Statements and statistics from the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Supply stressed a reduction in the volume of Egypt's imports from Israel last year to $22 million, from nearly $41 million in 1997, including insecticides, fertilizers, seeds, chicken, clothes, and textiles. Egypt-Israel, Economics, 7/10/1999 - 15 percent reduction in Egypt's European debts Egypt, Economics, 7/9/1999
- Egyptian missions for marketing the exports to America Egypt-USA, Economics, 7/9/1999
- Prince Talal gives 5 million pounds to Egyptian bank for the poor
Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, the head of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, presented 5 million Egyptian pounds as his contribution to the project of Egyptian Bank of Hope. Egypt, Economics, 7/9/1999 - Egyptian economic delegation to visit London in November Egypt-UK, Economics, 7/9/1999
- LE 12 million loan for social development projects in Egypt Egypt, Economics, 7/9/1999
- Maritime museum for displaying sunken archaeological finds in Alexandria
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on a plan for developing the maritime museum in Alexandria and converting it to an international museum that would fit the sunken archeology in Alexandria that was recently found. Egypt, Culture, 7/9/1999 - Radio and television festival to open in Cairo on Sunday
Egyptian Minister of Information Safwat El-Sherif is to open on the coming Sunday the fifth session of the Cairo radio and television festival, which will last for one week and in which 15 Arab countries are to participate with 182 television and radio programs. Regional-Egypt, Economics, 7/9/1999 - A new loan for Mobinil of $570 million
The Egyptian company for mobile phone services Mobinil obtained a new local and international loan of $570 million Egypt, Business, 7/9/1999 - Mubarak, Barak meet Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/9/1999
- Establishing crocodiles museum in Aswan Egypt, Culture, 7/9/1999
- Egyptian - Romanian committee to meet next week Egypt-Romania, Economics, 7/9/1999
- 28 countries to participate in the fifth Cairo song festival
28 countries agreed on participating in the fifth session of the Cairo International Song Festival, which will be held on August 20 - 28. Egypt, Culture, 7/9/1999 - Egyptian workers in the Gulf to return for vacation
Egyptian workers in the Gulf will start returning in the middle of the current month to spend their summer vacation, which is three months. Egypt-Gulf, Economics, 7/9/1999 - Mubarak to receive Barak tomorrow
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to receive Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak tomorrow in Cairo. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/8/1999 - President Mubarak hopes for Arab summit with the participation of Iraq Egypt, Politics, 7/8/1999
- Arab and vocational unions renew opposition to normalization
The national front for the Arab syndic and vocational unions denounced convening Cairo peace conference organized by the Copenhagen group. Egypt, Politics, 7/8/1999 - Moussa statements on Copenhagen group
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has announced that his resfusal to take part in the Copenhagen Alliance conference goes back to timing that was not proper to convene such a conference. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/8/1999 - Discovering a rare statue for the sun god Amun
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni yesterday dropped the curtain on a statue of the sun god Amun Ra and his wife Mut whose age is 3,300 years. Egypt, Culture, 7/8/1999 - Egyptian - Danish agricultural agreement Egypt-Denmark, Agriculture, 7/8/1999
- Egyptian foreign minister confers with three ambassadors accredited in Cairo Egypt-International, Politics, 7/8/1999
- Moussa: Israel must build confidence in peace process
The Egyptian Minister, meanwhile, praised as "positive and reasonable" statements by US President Clinton on the return of Palestinian refugees to the Palestinian-ruled territories. "This may be the only solution to the problem of refugees," he said. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/7/1999 - Peres meets Mubarak: We will not wait long to see the peace process resumed
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met yesterday with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who arrived in Cairo earlier in the day. Following his meeting with the Mubarak, Peres said he had discussed with President opportunities for resuming the Middle East peace process. Egypt-Israel-Croatia, Politics, 7/7/1999 - Mubarak meets Croatian Foreign Minister Egypt-Croatia, Politics, 7/7/1999
- Yemeni prime minister: Our relations with Egypt are excellent
Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani stated that Yemeni - Egyptian relations are excellent and that there was no dispute between the leaders in the two countries through the last 20 years. Yemen-Egypt, Politics, 7/7/1999 - Moussa convenes with European peace envoy
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa convened yesterday with Miguel Moratinos, the European Union's envoy for the peace process, who is currently visiting Cairo. Egypt, Politics, 7/7/1999 - Egyptian - Palestinian businessmen council to be formed at end of month
Palestinian Minister of Trade and Economy Maher El-Masri stated that the coming period will witness the start of private sector cooperation between Egypt and the Palestinian Authority and that Egypt will have a major role in setting the Palestinian economy on the right course after ratifying peace with Israel. Palestine-Egypt, Economics, 7/7/1999 - Iraqi - Egyptian discussions for increasing the commercial exchange
Commercial discussions took place yesterday between Iraqi Minister of Trade Mohammed Madhi Saleh and an Egyptian delegation under the chairmanship of Abd El-Shahawi, head of the holding company for food industries. Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 7/7/1999 - Algeria supports Egypt's bid to join Maghreban union; 10 fold trade increase
the two states wish to increase at least by 10 fold the volume of trade exchanges, presently standing at one million dollars. Algeria-Egypt, Politics, 7/6/1999 - Message from President Mubarak to Gaddafi
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gaddafi received a message yesterday from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in which Mubarak informed Gaddafi of the results of his visits to the US and France. Egypt-Libya, Politics, 7/6/1999 - Faisal Al-Husseini: Big mistake if Israel tries obstructing the Palestinian track
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met yesterday with Fiasal El-Husseini, the official in charge of the Jerusalem file in the Palestinian National Authority. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 7/6/1999 - Egypt, Arab League call for Israel's withdrawal from Arab lands
Egyptian presidential political advisor Osama El-Baz has urged Israel to withdraw from the occupied Arab territories. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/6/1999 - Exporting Egyptian potatoes to Uruguay
The Egyptian Ihuad company for foodstuffs agreed to export 70% of the potato production of the company's factory to Uruguay. Egypt-Uruguay, Economics, 7/6/1999 - Egyptian - Iranian transaction worth $100 million
Egypt and Iran agreed yesterday on implementing an equal transaction of $100 million to be increased during the coming three years. Egypt-Iran, Economics, 7/6/1999 - Mubarak - Arafat meet in Cairo Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/6/1999
- French company buys shares of Beni Suef cement company
Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri witnessed the signing of a contract selling Beni Suef cement company at a cost of 1.2 billion Egyptian pounds to the French company Desforges. Egypt, Business, 7/5/1999 - Six Egyptian governmental companies to be raised for sale
The Egyptian privatization committee under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri decided to raise shares of six governmental companies for sale during coming month. Egypt, Politics, 7/5/1999 - 20 million pounds in capital for first investment company in Sinai
It was decided to establish the first investment company in northern Sinai with a capital of 20 million pounds, to be increased to 100 million pounds through a general subscription among citizens at a cost of 10 pounds per share. Egypt, Business, 7/5/1999 - Syrian - Egyptian summit in preparation for a pan-Arab summit
A London-based daily has quoted Egyptian diplomatic sources as saying that the forthcoming Egyptian - Syrian summit will discuss preparations for the pan-Arab summit, reconciliation between Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and maintaining coordination among Arab states concerned with the Middle East peace process. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/5/1999 - Discussions between Egypt and Croatia Egypt-Croatia, Politics, 7/5/1999
- Egypt participates in Tehran International Fair
Egypt will participate in the Teheran International Fair in October, part of four commercial fairs to be held between the two countries. Egypt-Iran, Economics, 7/5/1999 - Fair for Egyptian products open in Gaza
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat opened yesterday evening the first fair for Egyptian products in Palestine, in which Egyptian Minister of Trade Ahmed Goweili, who is visiting Palestine for the first time heading a delegation comprising important personalities, participated. Palestine-Egypt, Economics, 7/5/1999 - Written message from Bouteflika to Mubarak Algeria-Egypt, Politics, 7/5/1999