Word: hosni
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Then, declaring that the Administration was eager to "reinvigorate the peace process" and that the time was ripe for initiatives, Weinberger left for an unexpected meeting with Jordan's King Hussein. He went to Jordan partly because Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom the Defense Secretary also visited, thought the stop would be useful. Hussein, in turn, had just returned from Iraq, where he had urged President Saddam Hussein to follow Jordan's lead in restoring diplomatic relations with Egypt. Weinberger's optimism about the peace process contrasted with the caution of Secretary of State George Shultz...
...Peres visited Washington and New York City, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was paying a courtesy call on King Hussein of Jordan to thank him for renewing diplomatic ties with Egypt last month. Like most other Arab states, Jordan broke relations with Cairo in 1979 after the late Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel. Since succeeding Sadat in 1981, Mubarak has worked hard to gain Arab approbation, giving Iraq strong backing in its war against Iran. Hussein decided to risk the wrath of Syria, Libya and other radical Arab states by restoring Jordan's formal ties with Egypt...
...have severed relations with Egypt since the late President Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, Jordan now becomes the first country to rescind that gesture of disapproval. Although Egypt and Jordan have had a growing number of contacts over the past year, even Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was slightly amazed when King Hussein telephoned to inform him of his decision. Said a delighted Mubarak: "This is a daring step by King Hussein on the right path regarding Arab cohesion...
Muammar Gaddafi is the sworn enemy of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, as the prime suspect. Central to this view is the fact that a Libyan cargo ship, the Ghat, entered the northern end of the canal on July 6, then traveled southward through the canal and the Gulf of Suez to the Ethiopian port of Assab on the Red Sea, where it unloaded its cargo and eventually headed back toward the canal. According to Egyptian officials, that round trip should have taken the Ghat about eight days. In fact, it took 15 days. Long before the Ghat left...
...they plied the waters of the Red Sea on their way to or from the Suez Canal (see map), and there no longer seemed to be any doubt that sabotage was involved. Perplexed by the implicit threat to shipping in the Suez Canal, which his country controls, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appealed to the U.S., Britain and France for help, not only to clear the threatened shipping lanes but to solve the mystery. By week's end American Sea Stallion helicopters and British and French minesweepers were on their way to the trouble zone...