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Article: Egyptian president repeats support for Arafat in Le Figaro interview
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- July 23, 2002
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Dateline: CAIRO, Egypt
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reiterated his support for Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat in an interview Tuesday with a French newspaper.
Mubarak, speaking to Le Figaro on the eve of a two-day visit to France,
said he had made it clear to U.S. President George W. Bush last month
that "Arafat was not the problem."
The interview is expected to run in Le Figaro Wednesday. Excerpts
were carried late Tuesday by Egypt's Middle East News Agency.
In a Mideast policy speech following his Camp David meeting with Mubarak,
Bush called for reform in the Palestinian Authority and ousting Arafat,
saying that peace requires a new Palestinian ...