Word: hosni
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week both sides dispatched emissaries throughout the Arab world. Neither, however, seemed eager for mediation. After separate meetings with Northern and Southern officials in Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he saw no sign of an early end to hostilities. While the majority of Yemenis regard themselves as one nation, the blame for the turmoil rests squarely on two leaders who decided to settle their rivalry by starting...
...drama unfolding among the dignitaries onstage. For 35 minutes, while the principals came and went from the podium, their attention was all too plainly elsewhere. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres remonstrated with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, Prime Minister ^ Yitzhak Rabin with Peres, Arafat with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev with Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Rabin kept shrugging angrily while Arafat stood stonefaced. Then the entire group walked off the stage...
...Foreign Minister that it was time to trade some of the symbolic measures sought by the P.L.O. for the security concessions Israel deemed more important. Arafat accepted the idea, paving the way for an acceleration of the subsequent talks, which were given a strong push by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and U.S. Secretary of State Warren - Christopher, who came to the region last week to help bring the negotiations to a close...
...Cairo last week Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres shook hands on a new agreement they insisted had brought the stalled peace plan much closer to fruition. Negotiated with the help of Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and President Hosni Mubarak, the accord settled a number of sticky disputes that have delayed the transfer of power, notably concerns about the safety of Jewish settlers in the enclaves and the control of border crossings into the occupied territories. But the pact leaves to further negotiations numerous other issues, including the size of the Jericho district and economic relationships. Until they...
...Cairo airport, Palestine Liberation Organization negotiator Mahmoud Abbas had briefed P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat on the details. Arafat had then flown to Tunis to convene a meeting of the organization's executive committee. That night Arafat flew back to Cairo for a crucial meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...