Article: Egypt using summit to elevate its own regional dominance

Pinhas Inbari
Jerusalem Post
11-13-1996
THE Cairo Economic Conference is not purely economic; it is wrapped in political considerations as well. One could even suggest that the political considerations may be more overwhelming than the parties involved are ready to admit.

During the previous conference that took place in Amman, Egypt fought hard to host the next meeting in Cairo, but it is now proven that what Egypt had in mind was not to continue the economic process from the point it arrived at in Amman, but to change its course completely.

This has nothing to do with Prime Minister Netanyahu; it is rather consistent with Egyptian policy since the first conference in Casablanca. Egypt ...

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