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MUBARAK, PRINCE ABDALLAH HOLD TALKS ABOUT PEACE PROCESS
TAIF, WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA, JULY 23 (KUNA) -- EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI
MUBARAK ON TUESDAY MET HERE THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDALLAH BIN ABDELAZIZ FOR
TALKS ON BILATERAL TIES AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AMONG OTHER REGIONAL
ISSUES.
THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA) SAID THE MEETING WAS HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
GIVING NO OTHER DETAILS.
LATER, THE TWO LEADERS MET IN PRESENCE OF THE SAUDI MINISTER OF PUBLIC
WORKS AND HOUSING PRINCE MUTEB BIN ABDELAZIZ, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL
GUARD BADR BIN ABDELAZIZ AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STRATEGIC STUDIES CENTER
MAMDOUH BIN ABDELAZIZ ALONG WITH MUBARAK'S ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION.
MUBARAK ARRIVED HERE EARLIER ON SUNDAY ON A ONE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO
SAUDI-ARABIA.
MUBARAK IS TO HOLD IN JEDDAH TALKS WITH THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY
MOSQUES KING FAHAD BIN ABDULAZIZ, WHERE THEY WILL DISCUSS THE MIDDLE EAST
PEACE PROCESS IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS,
CURRENTLY HELD IN CAMP DAVID, THE UNITED STATES.
HIGH RANKED EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE FOREIGN MINISTER, AMR MOUSSA
AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION, SAFWAT AL-SHARIF, ACCOMPANY MUBARAK. (PICKUP
PREVIOUS)
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