Jordan Times
Monday, September 13, 2004
Muasher to attend Cairo
meeting
CAIRO (Petra) — Minister of Foreign Affairs Marwan Muasher leaves for Cairo
today to take part in an Arab foreign ministers' meeting scheduled for Sept.
15-16.
Muasher along with the other Arab foreign ministers will have closed-door
consultations on Monday evening during a banquet hosted by Arab League Secretary
General Amr Musa.
The meeting will focus on the 20-topic agenda prepared for the foreign ministers
by the Arab countries' permanent representatives at the Arab League, the league
spokesman, Husam Zaki, said.
The permanent representatives, who began their deliberations on Sunday, have
grouped themselves into political, economic, legal, and financial committees to
prepare the agenda.
Jordan's Ambassador in Cairo Hani Mulki is heading the Kingdom's delegation in
the meeting.
The agenda, Zaki said, includes economic affairs, the Palestine issue and the
stalled Middle East peace process, the situations in Iraq and Sudan, developing
the league's various agencies and joint Arab countries' stand at the UN General
Assembly meeting.
The Israeli nuclear threat to the Arab world and prospects for creating a Middle
East region free of weapons of mass destruction are also listed for discussion.