Word: hussein
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Your article "Friends and Enemies" [WORLD, Oct. 8] says that "Mubarak's fondest hope is that other Arab countries will follow Hussein's lead in forgiving Egypt." The Camp David accords were a historic peace agreement for the betterment of mankind. Jordan and the other Arab nations should not "forgive" what Egypt has done. They should accept its achievements...
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...
...part, Mubarak supports the 1982 Reagan peace plan, which calls for establishing an autonomous Palestinian confederation by linking the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza to Jordan. He hopes that by joining forces with Amman he can build momentum for talks with Israel. According to diplomats in Amman, however, Hussein may have different motives for embracing Egypt. He may want to deflect U.S. disapproval if, as some diplomats expect, he decides to buy weapons from the Soviet Union. Or he may simply | be pursuing his policy of forging alliances, in this case with the most populous Arab country. "Jordan...
...trip to Damascus: as U.S. Ambassador to Syria from 1974 to 1978, he developed a personal friendship with Assad. The two men talked for more than two hours before Murphy flew to Jerusalem, where he conferred with Peres for an hour. After seeing Mubarak in Cairo and lunching with Hussein in Amman, Murphy returned to Damascus on Friday. He met with Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam, Assad's chief trouble-shooter in Lebanon, then went to Beirut for another round with President Amin Gemayel...