Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Cairo (Earth Times) - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. In his visit to Cairo, his first since taking office in November, Hariri also discussed domestic Lebanese political developments with the Egyptian president, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
The Lebanese premier met his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Nazif, on Wednesday for talks aimed at boosting economic and energy ties.
A pipeline linking Egypt's natural gas refineries with the Lebanese city of Tripoli came online in October, with supplies being used at a nearby power plant.
The Lebanese foreign, economy and information ministers, who are accompanying Hariri, also met with their Egyptian counterparts on Wednesday.
Hariri, who is on his latest stop in a tour that took him to France and Turkey, arrived in Cairo hours after an Egyptian State Security Prosecutor asked for the death penalty in the case of 26 men, including Lebanese and Palestinian nationals, accused of plotting attacks in Egypt on behalf of the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and Hariri are traditional political rivals, but now govern together as part of an "all-party" government.
Asked about the trial on Wednesday night, Hariri told reporters that it was an internal Egyptian issue for the judiciary to decide, and that he would not interfere in Egypt's internal affairs.
Cairo (Earth Times) - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. In his visit to Cairo, his first since taking office in November, Hariri also discussed domestic Lebanese political developments with the Egyptian president, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
The Lebanese premier met his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Nazif, on Wednesday for talks aimed at boosting economic and energy ties.
A pipeline linking Egypt's natural gas refineries with the Lebanese city of Tripoli came online in October, with supplies being used at a nearby power plant.
The Lebanese foreign, economy and information ministers, who are accompanying Hariri, also met with their Egyptian counterparts on Wednesday.
Hariri, who is on his latest stop in a tour that took him to France and Turkey, arrived in Cairo hours after an Egyptian State Security Prosecutor asked for the death penalty in the case of 26 men, including Lebanese and Palestinian nationals, accused of plotting attacks in Egypt on behalf of the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and Hariri are traditional political rivals, but now govern together as part of an "all-party" government.
Asked about the trial on Wednesday night, Hariri told reporters that it was an internal Egyptian issue for the judiciary to decide, and that he would not interfere in Egypt's internal affairs.
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