CIS countries eager to bolster cooperation with Egypt. Joint investment opportunities with Germany scanned. High-level South Africa team arrive in Cairo. 5 seismic centers established. Symposium on world economic turmoil opens today in Cairo.
Parliamentarian team fly to Brussels.
Big Egyptian trade fair in Kenya. Extradition accord with Cyprus. It is with much caution that observers welcome the Palestinian-Israeli deal reached at Wye Plantation, Maryland. The deal can be viewed as a step on the right course toward reviving the peace process, but only if good will prevails and if the Likud Government of Israel commits itself to careful implementation of its provisions. From experience, it has become clear, over the past 30 months, ever since Netanyahu assumed office, that violation of international covenants and sealed agreements has been the rule in Israel.