Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 1/13/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of January 13, 2003
- Construction of Egyptian gas pipeline to Jordan completes today
The construction works of the Egyptian-Jordanian natural gas pipeline is expected to be completed this morning. Egypt-Jordan, Economics, 1/18/2003 - Maher phone calls with Lebanese, Turkish counterparts Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/18/2003
- Al-Khaleij: Syrian- Egyptian summit expected
An Arab diplomatic source in Damascus said it expects an Egyptian- Syrian summit to be convened within the few coming days aiming at relating the efforts of the two states' altogether concerning the Iraqi crisis. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Egypt confirms receiving invitation to attend Ankara's summit
An Egyptian diplomat said Egypt had received an invitation from Turkey to attend a summit conference in Ankara, to be attended by the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iran to discuss the Iraqi crisis. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Hamas rejects Egyptian proposal to halt Fedayeen operations
The Islamic resistance movement Hamas rejected stopping the "Fedayeen operations" (suicide operation) and having a truce agreement. This was expressed in Hamas' answer to what has been debated in previous meetings of dialogue among the Palestinian groups under the auspices of Cairo. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Saddam Hussein's envoy visit to Egypt postponed
A source close to the Egyptian Presidency said that the visit of member of the revolution's leadership council in Iraqi Ali Hassan al-Majuid to Egypt, delegated by President Saddam Hussein was postponed to a later date. The source did not explain the reasons behind the postponement. Al-Majuid, one of Saddam's cousins, was expected to arrive in Egypt on Saturday. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/17/2003 - Al-Assad discusses ME conditions with Mubarak on telephone Syria-Egypt, Politics, 1/17/2003
- Maher Denies Reports On Cairo Hosting Arab Foreign Ministers Gathering Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/16/2003
- Egypt - GCC Free trade zone Negotiations
The first round of negotiations started yesterday at the headquarters of the general secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) between the GCC member states, as one group and Egypt. Egypt-Gulf, Economics, 1/16/2003 - Mubarak: Egyptian, Syrian, Saudi continued coordination for solution to Iraqi issue
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt stressed that there is continued coordination and consultation between Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia with the aim of strengthening Arab efforts to reach a peaceful solution for the Iraqi issue. He warned against the drastic consequences of war against Iraq on all countries of the region and the world. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/16/2003 - Egyptian- Saudi summit deals with region developments Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/15/2003
- Egyptian Rafah coasts pollution with Israel sewage, in court case
The Egyptian court in al-Areesh decided to set Thursday, March 25th, a date for considering the case filed the chairman of the civil society for protecting the environment in northern Sinai province Abdullah al-Hajjawi against the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon because of Israel's pollution of the coats of the Egyptian city of Rafah for 8 continous years. Egypt-Israel, Economics, 1/15/2003 - Special Iraqi presidential envoy to Egypt; Aziz: Saddam will stay till last bullet
The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Tareq Aziz, has stressed that President Saddam Hussein will stay in Baghdad until "the last bullet" because "the danger will be greater on Iraq if its President leaves," during a war Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 1/14/2003 - Efforts to boost inter- Arab tourism Regional-Egypt, Economics, 1/14/2003
- Egyptian, Saudi FMs discuss Iraqi issue developments Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/13/2003