Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/22/1999
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 22, 1999
- Tunisian president to arrive in Cairo on Monday
Tunisian President Zein El-Abidin Ben Ali is to arrive on Monday in Cairo for a two-day official visit to fulfill the invitation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Tunisia-Egypt, Politics, 11/27/1999 - El-Bashir to visit Cairo next month
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir will visit Cairo next month and will meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss means of activating the Egyptian - Libyan initiative for accomplishing the reconciliation in Sudan. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 11/27/1999 - Egyptian - Palestinian summit soon
An Egyptian - Palestinian summit will be held soon under the chairmanship of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat that will tackle the developments in the area and the tensions created by Israel by issuing declarations that are provocative to the Palestinian leadership and people. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/27/1999 - Egyptian minister of works denies delivering Nile water to Israel Egypt, Politics, 11/27/1999
- Five agreements signed for cooperation between Egypt and Macedonia Egypt-Macedonia, Politics, 11/27/1999
- Egypt's ambassador in Washington says investigations continuing into plane crash
The Egyptian ambassador in Washington said his country is participating seriously in the US investigations concerning the crash of an EgyptAir jet off the US coast, adding that the investigations are fully exposed to the Egyptian side. Egypt-USA, Politics, 11/27/1999 - Egypt forms delegation to attend World Trade Organization conference Egypt-International, Economics, 11/27/1999
- Egyptian - French medical week in Cairo
A week for medical cooperation between Egyptian and France started on Thursday evening and will last until December 2 to determine prospects and priorities regarding cooperation between the two countries in the future and exchanges of knowledge and data in all medical fields. Egypt-France, Health, 11/27/1999 - Bureau for marketing Japanese investments in Egypt
Mohammed El-Ghamarawi, the head of the general organization for investment and free trade zones agreed to establish a bureau for marketing Japanese investments. Egypt-Japan, Business, 11/27/1999 - Egypt confirms necessity of removing nuclear weapons from region
Ambassador Sayed Kassem El-Masri, the Egyptian assistant foreign minister for international relations, assured that "the unanimity of the U.N's general assembly - lately - on the draft resolution presented by Egypt for establishing a free zone of nuclear weapons is a carnation for the Egyptian president Mubarak's call and his initiative regarding the necessity of evacuating the Middle East from the mass destructive weapons." Egypt-Egypt, Politics, 11/25/1999 - Peres to meet Mubarak in Cairo today
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today meets in Cairo with the Israeli minister of international cooperation Shimon Peres who arrived on Wednesday in Cairo in a visit which will last for two days and his first since he assumed the post of the international cooperation minister in the government of Ehud Barak. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/25/1999 - Iraq, Egypt to resume diplomatic relations Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 11/25/1999
- Benaissa's visit to Egypt
Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mohammed Benaissa on Tuesday paid a short visit to Cairo where he conferred with his Egyptian peer, Amr Moussa, on bilateral relations and a host of Arab issues. Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 11/24/1999 - Amr Moussa in Yemen on Saturday Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 11/24/1999
- Amr Moussa visits UK today
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is starting today intensive external diplomatic activity to begin with a visit to London through Friday, during which he will meet with British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. Egypt-UK, Politics, 11/24/1999 - Egypt praise for role in helping Albanian refugees Egypt-Albania, Politics, 11/24/1999
- Egypt asks NATO to evacuate the area from mass destruction weapons
Egypt asked NATO to support the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's initiative to make the Middle East an area free of weapons of mass destruction and his call for convening an international conference to combat terrorism. Egypt-Israel-NATO, Politics, 11/24/1999 - Peres to visit Cairo soon
Israeli sources said that Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation Shimon Peres will visit Cairo soon and meet with Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and Foreign Minister Amr Moussa. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/24/1999 - Moroccan Foreign Minister in Egypt Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 11/23/1999
- Preparing for the economic conference for COMESA countries in Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa discussed with members of the Egyptian economic forum preparing for the first economic conference for the countries of the African Comesa assembly that will be opened by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on February 28. Egypt-Africa, Economics, 11/23/1999 - Moussa to start tour of Britain, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar
Within Egypt's intensive diplomatic activities, Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is to start Wednesday a tour which will take him to Britain, Yemen, Bahrain and Qatar. Egypt, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Rate of Growth goes up to 6%, inflation declined to 2.9% Egypt, Economics, 11/23/1999
- First Lady Mubarak stresses importance of widening health insurance scale
Addressing the closing session of the two-day national conference on the Declaration of the Second Child Decade (2000-2010), Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak stressed the importance of an integrated family where mother enjoys reasonable share of education and father commits to his family for bringing up healthy children. Egypt, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Symposium for solidarity with the Palestinian people
The Egyptian association for the United Nations is organizing under the chairmanship of Abd El-Ahad Gamal El-Din a symposium to celebrate the international day for solidarity with the Palestinian people on Monday. Egypt-Palestine-UN, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Al-Bashir may visit Cairo next month
Well-informed sources in Cairo said that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may visit Cairo next month. On Sunday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said such a visit by the Sudanese president to Cairo "is to be held," but he avoided specifying a date for the visit. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Moussa denies the arrival of FBI investigators at Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa stated that the current investigation to determining the reasons for the crash of EgyptAir flight 990 is still technical and has not yet moved to the criminal frame, denying reports by foreign newspapers that the accident was a suicide attempt and saying that it is absolutely false information. Egypt-USA, Local, 11/23/1999 - UNGA partition plan makes Palestinian state legally standing
Ahmed Fathi Sorour, Speaker of Egypt's People's Assembly and the Arab Parliamentary Union, said the Palestinian State is legally standing by virtue of the UN General Assembly partition plan of 1947, the same resolution that brought Israel into existence. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Diplomatic discussions between Egypt and Macedonia
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa held a session of prolonged talks with his Macedonian counterpart, Aleksandar Dimitrov, yesterday at the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. Egypt-Macedonia, Politics, 11/23/1999 - First Lady Mubarak inaugurates conference on 2nd Decade for Egyptian Child
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak Saturday said that Egypt has made a wide stride and a big transformation in the first decade of the Egyptian child which had a direct effect in the vital spheres such as health, education and culture which are the mainstays of efforts exerted over the past 10 years and complementary efforts in the field of information and legislation. Egypt, Culture, 11/22/1999 - Cultural week for Kazakhstan in Egypt
A cultural week for the country of Kazakhstan in Egypt during January is currently being organized. This came during the meeting between Kazakhstan's ambassador in Cairo and Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for Cultural Affaits Mushira Khatab. Egypt-Kazakhstan, Politics, 11/22/1999 - Moussa reiterates need for halting settlement activity
Foreign Minister Amr Moussa on Sunday resumed the talks he started on Saturday with Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 11/22/1999 - Daimler-Chrysler wants 10% of car sales in Egypt Egypt, Business, 11/22/1999
- Arab Development Fund dealings in Egypt hit L.E. five billion
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid met Saturday Abdul-Latif al-Hamad, Chairman of the Arab Development Fund, Kuwaiti Minister of Labor Abdul-Wahab al-Wazzan and Rudolph Scharping the Germany Minister of Defense. Egypt, Economics, 11/22/1999 - Large increase in trade exchange of COMESA
Economy and Foreign Trade Minister Dr. Youssof Boutros Ghali said Sunday that Egypt's exports to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member-states doubled after its entry to the African group last February. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 11/22/1999 - Ebeid opens Egyptian-Japanese Business Council
"Egypt has managed to reduce the budget deficit to less than one percent of the gross domestic product, the lowest rate in 50 years, and paved the road to the private sector to assume the key role in the development process," Ebeid said in the opening of the Egyptian-Japanese Business Council in Cairo. Egypt-Japan, Economics, 11/22/1999 - Egypt, US seek fresh start as crash probe intensifies
With the EgyptAir crash investigation entering its fourth week, Egyptian and US officials sought a fresh start after a storm over suggestions that a pilot deliberately crashed the plane Egypt, Local, 11/22/1999 - Tomorrow: Opening Cairo cinema festival N 23
Activities of the 23rd session of the Cairo International Film Festival are to start tomorrow with the participation of 174 films from 44 countries to be displayed over the course of two weeks in 16 cinema houses in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Egypt, Culture, 11/22/1999 - 23 Turkish companies discussing establishing projects in Alexandria
A Turkish business delegation is discussing during its visit to Alexandria today establishing many projects in Alexandria. Egypt-Turkey, Business, 11/22/1999