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August 01, 2005
What is the Egypt, Algeria Dispute About?
ArabicNews.Com reported August 1, 2005 that, "The secretary general of the Arab league (AL), Amr Moussa, admitted that there are differences between Egypt and Algeria over the urgent Arab summit due to be held on Wednesday [August 3, 2005] in Sharm el-Sheikh." It has been postponed due to the death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
On July 28, 2005, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stated in a televised address:
I call for an extraordinary Arab summit on Wednesday 3 August in Sharm al-Shaikh, which will be preceded by a meeting of Arab foreign ministers ... with a view to reviewing the situation in the Arab world.Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is the current president for the Arab League. When Mr. Mubarak called the meeting, it apparently irking the Algerians, who said they would not handle the logistics of such a meeting since the Egyptians called it. Here's more on the dispute.
I am fully confident that this coming extraordinary summit will be capable of crystallizing a strong Arab position that reflects the determination of the Arab states and peoples to overcome the current challenges, and to achieve the peace and stability that all Arabs long for.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 1, 2005 11:30 PM
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