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Article: Arab League Chief Flies to France for Visit
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 31, 1999
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Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdel-Meguid left here on
Monday for Paris on a four-day visit to France.
Speaking to reporters before departure, Abdel-Meguid said that he
will meet with French President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister
Lionel
Jospin and Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine.
Arab League sources said that Abdel-Meguid will discuss with
French leaders and senior officials how to coordinate the
Arab-French-European efforts to help push the Middle East peace
process forward.
Little progress has been made in the peace process since 1996 due
to the intransigent policies adopted by Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hopes of reviving the Arab-Israeli peace talks increased ...