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Zayed, Mubarak say Israeli actions do not help roadmap
ABU DHABI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the presence of Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, at Al Bahr Palace here yesterday.
During the meeting, they discussed developments on the Arab and international scenes, including the situations in Iraq and Palestine. They discussed the efforts being made to restore security and stability in Iraq and ways to boost peace efforts in the Middle East, in addition to fraternal ties and cooperation between the UAE and Egypt.
Both the leaders condemned Israel’s practices against the Palestinian people as a stumbling block before the roadmap for peace.
They said they would coordinate efforts to convince the international community, notably the Quartet, shoulder its responsibility towards the Palestinian cause.
Egyptian Information Minister Safawat Al Sherif said in a Press statement here later yesterday that Shaikh Zayed and Mr Mubarak stressed in their talks that deterioration in the situation in the Palestinian territories would have serious repercussions on international peace.
“The two leaders underlined the need for concerted efforts to achieve unity of Palestinian action as a cornerstone of the legitimacy of the cause,” he added.
Iraq, he added, had figured high in the talks between Shaikh Zayed and Mr Mubarak, where the two leaders called for expediting constitutional measures that materialises the will of the Iraqi people in an elected government.
On economy, he explained, a number of projects were discussed, including the establishment of an Egyptian trade centre in Sharjah and a 500 million Egyptian pound Emirates-Egypt company for petroleum services. “Trade exchange between the two countries stood at $255 last year.”
Mr Mubarak, he added, would fly today to Saudi Arabia for talks with its leaders on regional and international issues.
The meeting was attended by Lieutenant-General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces; Shaikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Abu Dhabi’s Eastern Region and Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Executive Council; Shaikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Shaikh Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority; Major-General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Interior Ministry Under-Secretary; Shaikh Nasir bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Shaikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Finance and Industry; Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Director-General of the President’s Office; Shaikh Falah bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Shaikh Dhiyab bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Director of the President’s Court who is also the Head of the Honorary Mission accompanying the Egyptian President; Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Information and Culture; Shaikh Omar bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Aide D’Camp of the UAE President; Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court; Shaikh Khalifa bin Sultan bin Shakhbout Al Nahyan, Under-Secretary of Public Affairs at the President’s Office; Shaikh Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Municipality and Town Planning Department; Dr Mana Saeed Al Otaiba, Special Advisor to the President; Ali Salim Al Ka’abi, Director of the President’s Office; Ahmed Nasser Al Za’abi, UAE Ambassador to Egypt, ministers and senior officials.
Present from the Egyptian side were Safwat Al Sharif, Minister of Information; Omar Sulaiman; Dr Osama Al Baz, Political Advisor to the Egyptian President; and Fahmi Ahmed Fayed, Egyptian Ambassador to the UAE.
Earlier, on arrival here yesterday, President Mubarak and his accompanying delegation were received at the airport by Shaikh Khalifa and a number of senior govenment officials.
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