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To: stockman_scott who wrote (666)9/21/2001 1:36:01 PM
From: Frederick Langford  Read Replies (5) of 281500
 
Egypt rejects U.S. coalition,
upgrades ties with Iraq
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, September 21, 2001

CAIRO — As a policy debate rages at top levels in the Bush administration
over attacking the regime of President Saddam Hussein, Egypt is moving to
improve relations with Iraq.

Egyptian diplomats said President Hosni Mubarak plans to raise the level of
representation between Baghdad and Cairo to the level of ambassador. They
said diplomatic ties would be raised commensurate to the level of trade
relations.

Egypt has refused to participate in a U.S.-led military coalition against any
Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden or any of his government sponsors.
Instead, Mubarak has called for a United Nations-sponsored conference on
international terrorism, Middle East Newsline reports.

Egypt has sent a new charge d'affaires to Baghdad. He is Hussein Zoghbi, a
59-year-old former ambassador to Eritrea.

In an interview to the Egyptian official Middle East News Agency, Zoghbi said
Egyptian-Iraqi relations would soon be renewed at the level of full diplomatic
ties. He said such relations are developing in cooperation with Iraq.

Egypt and Iraq have agreed to increase trade relations, including the
establishment of a free trade zone. Iraq has also agreed to increase the number
of Egyptian laborers in the country.

Zoghbi said his job would focus on representing Egyptian nationals in Iraq.
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