Word: mubarak
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...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...
Jordan's move is a testimony to Mubarak's diplomatic skills. After most of the Arab world decided to ostracize Egypt over the Camp David accords, Sadat made matters worse by denouncing his onetime allies. He called the ruling family of Saudi Arabia "goatherders" and berated Hussein as a "dwarf." After Sadat's assassination in 1981, however, Mubarak quietly began repairing the damage. He refrained from attacking fellow Arabs in public and ordered Egyptian newspapers to follow his example. At the same time, the Egyptian President down-played his country's relationship with Israel, its treaty...
Seeking to develop an axis of moderate Arab nations that could counterbalance Syria's power, Hussein began reaching out to Egypt. Last December, Amman signed a trade agreement with Cairo, reducing import barriers between the two countries. Meanwhile, Arafat met with both Mubarak and Hussein; by July, he had sufficiently rebuilt his authority within the P.L.O. to call a Palestine National Council meeting for Sept. 25 in Algiers. Assad, alarmed that Arafat might use the occasion to diminish the Syrian leader's influence in the P.L.O., flew to Algiers last month to pressure Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid into...
...Mubarak's fondest hope is that other Arab countries will follow Hussein's lead in forgiving Egypt. One possible recruit is Iraq, which has enjoyed the support of both Egypt and Jordan in its four-year war against Iran. The most valuable addition to the Recognize Egypt campaign would be Saudi Arabia, whose prestige and caution make it a nation that many neighbors would be willing to follow. TIME'S Philip Finnegan reports that for the past two years Saudi Arabian officials have been holding secret talks with the Egyptians in Cairo and Riyadh. The meetings have...
Sooner or later, the searchers expect to capture a mine intact and perhaps extract from it some clues about its origin. Whenever that occurs, it could prove costly to the culprits, whoever they may be. Egypt's Mubarak vowed that as soon as the mystery is solved, the ships of the nation or nations responsible for the mining will be banned from the Suez Canal. -By William E. Smith. Reported by Philip Finnegan/Cairo, with other bureaus