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Arab League Foreign Ministers Meet in Cairo (Greg LaMotte, 03 March 2005, VOA News)

The foreign ministers of the Arab League are meeting in Cairo, in preparation for an Arab summit to be held, later this month, in Algiers. It will be the first such meeting of the 22-member organization since the Palestinian and Iraqi elections and the resignation of the pro-Syrian government in Lebanon.

Although the issue of a Syrian troop withdrawal from Lebanon is not officially on the agenda for Arab League foreign ministers, it is expected to dominate the meeting. [...]

Among the items on the agenda for the foreign ministers are Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal, Thursday, in the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh.

Also on the agenda for the meeting in Cairo is the post-electoral transition period in Iraq.

Just your typical Arab LKeague agenda:

(1) Democratization in the Lebanon.

(2) Democratization and peace in Palestine.

(3) Democratization in Iraq.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 3, 2005 11:17 AM