Egypt: Foreign Minister To Visit US Instead Of President Mubarak
CAIRO (AFP)--Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit is to visit Washington
next week after President Hosni Mubarak called off a meeting with his U.S.
counterpart Barack Obama, state news agency MENA said Friday.
Mubarak has canceled a planned May 26 visit to Washington after his grandson
died.
Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will accompany the foreign minister
during the visit, MENA reported, without giving a specific date.
The two presidents are still scheduled to meet June 6, when Obama will visit
Egypt and give a speech expected to address the Muslim world and explain the
administration's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mubarak's scheduled visit to the U.S., just a week after Obama's White House
talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had been seen as another
key moment in evolving U.S. plans to reboot Middle East peace moves.
Obama is due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week at the
White House.
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