Visit by Egypt, Jordan FMs will not be an Arab League mission
"The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, due to visit Israel later this month, will not be representing the Arab League as previously reported, but rather will represent only their respective countries, Egypt's foreign minister said Thursday.....
The Jordanian and Egyptian foreign ministers were recently reported to be acting as envoys from the Arab League on their upcoming visit.
This would have been the first such visit to Israel by the Arab League, which has historically been hostile toward it.
But Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said his visit to Israel with his Jordanian counterpart, planned for July 25, would only be on behalf of their respective countries. "This is not a visit where the Arab League flag will be raised," Aboul Gheit told reporters. "This is a matter of principle."......"
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