GENEVA -
The President, His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, received
President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak of Egypt here yesterday. During the
meeting, the two leaders discussed the situation in the Arab world and
developments in the region and stressed the need for efforts to make
peace and alleviate sufferings of the unarmed Palestinian people, who
are subjected to continuous Israeli onslaught.
The meeting was attended by Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Director-General of the President's office; Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, Minister of Information and Culture; Shaikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al
Nahyan, Chairman of the Guest house and Protocol Department; Ali Al
Kaabi, Director of the President's Office; Adviser Ahmed Al Obaidaliy;
and Nasser Al Abdouli, the UAE's Permanent Representative to the UN
headquarters in Geneva.
From the Egyptian side, the meeting was attended by Omar Sulaiman,
head of General Intelligence; Dr Zakariya Azmi, Chairman of the
Presidential Court; and Naila Jabr, the Egyptian Permanent
Representative to the UN.
The Egyptian leader was also expected to meet Custodian of the Two
Holy Shrines King Fahd bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, who has been
receiving medical treatment in the region, according to diplomatic
sources. - Wam, AFP