Word: hosni
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After last week's victory, Saddam was cheered by a four-hour visit from two of his supporters, Jordan's King Hussein and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. The two had been conferring in the Jordanian capital of Amman and decided, without advance notice, to fly to Baghdad for consultations. One of Mubarak's key objectives was to persuade Saddam to renew diplomatic relations with Egypt, which were severed in 1977 at a time when Egypt was making peace overtures toward Israel. He was not quite ready to take that step at the moment, Saddam told his visitors; what really...
While thus sounding a cautious overture to an adversary, Reagan did not shy away from disappointing a key friend in the Middle East. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called at the White House to make an impassioned plea for the U.S. to resume active efforts to mediate an Arab-Israeli peace settlement. He urged Reagan to invite a JordanianPalestinian delegation to Washington to discuss procedures and proposals...
...visit was shrouded in deepest secrecy, its details known only to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and a few top , officials. Early last week, Osama el Baz, Mubarak's closest adviser, boarded a helicopter in Cairo and flew to the Egyptian border. He was driven to Jerusalem, where he went directly to Peres' house. At the same time, Peres, who had been attending a Labor Party meeting, announced that he was not feeling well and left for his home. There the two men met for nearly five hours before el Baz slipped out of the back...
...reason was that Hussein had made skillful preparations. He has taken pains to maintain close ties throughout the Arab world, and last year became the first Arab leader to reestablish diplomatic relations with Cairo since Egypt was ostracized for signing its treaty with Israel in 1979. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's closest political adviser, Osama el Baz, participated in some of the Amman negotiations, and Hussein has helped with preparations for Mubarak's visit to Washington next month. Says a senior official at the State Department: "Hussein has embarked on a serious course to build an Arab framework that will...
...countries resumed negotiations over disputed border areas after nearly two years of silence. But there was a failure to resolve the major issue of Taba, a 250-acre wedge of palmy beachfront on the eastern edge of the Sinai, which is claimed by both countries. Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sounded apprehensive last week about future discussions. "I cannot say that I am satisfied with the mutuality of the effort," said Peres. Declared Mubarak: "I am asking the Israelis to be more flexible." In this fashion, the two countries continue to shiver through what they call their cold peace...