EGYPT: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK MEETS FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER HUBERT VEDRINE.

Record ID: 442995

  • Title: EGYPT: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK MEETS FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER HUBERT VEDRINE.
  • Date: 14th December 2000
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (DECEMBER 14, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 0.05 2. MV/PAN/CU/GV: PHOTO-OP EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK & FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER MINISTER HUBERT VEDRINE (5 SHOTS) 0.31 3. MV: CAMERA CREWS 0.36 4. GV/LV: FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER MINISTER HUBERT VEDRINE AND EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMR MOUSSA WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE (2 SHOTS) 0.49 5. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMR MOUSSA SAYING: We wish to congratulate Mr Bush on the final outcome of the elections and we wish him good luck off course this is the presidency of the United States a very very important country with whom we want to maintain the best of relations and also look forward to the leadership of a balanced approch to the middle east peace process and there is a lot to disscuss with the Americans and the administration under Mr Bush, all we can say now is to wish them good luck and hope we have a very positive and productive relationship. 1.35 6. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER MINISTER HUBERT VEDRINE COMMENTING ON BUSH'S VICTORY AND MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE 2.10 7. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMR MOUSSA SAYING (ENGLISH) In addition to my statement, there is still time for us to have some work to be done together with the current administration with Mr Clinton and we which that Mr Clinton do everything possible to save the peace process which could not be saved except through a balanced approach between the parties , the Israelis and the Palestinians. 2.51 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
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  • Story Text: French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine has held
    talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, centred
    on how to halt 11 weeks of Israeli and Palestinian
    violence.

    Later at a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign
    Minister Amr Moussa, Vedrine said all efforts must be made to
    all side to implement the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement.

    Asked about the George W. Bush victory in the U.S.

    Presidentail election, Moussa said his government would
    continue to work for peace in the Middle East with any U.S.

    administration.


    Mubarak and Vedrine met on Thursday (December 14)
    and discussed how to halt 11 weeks of Israeli-Palestinian
    violence.

    "Every effort should be exerted to jointly implement the
    Sharm el-Sheikh commitments with no preconditions," Vedrine,
    whose country holds the European Union's rotating presidency,
    told reporters after his talks with Mubarak.

    He was referring to a U.S. -brokered ceasefire deal reached
    by Israeli and Palestinian leaders at a summit meeting in the
    Egyptian Red Sea resort in October. The truce failed to hold.

    Vedrine welcomed the arrival in the region this week of a
    U.S. -led commission created under the Sharm el-Sheikh
    agreement to investigate the roots of Israeli-Palestinian
    violence.

    The commission, led by former U.S. Senator George
    Mitchell, briefed Mubarak in Cairo on Tuesday.

    "The fact-finding commission's visit to the region is a
    good indicator even if it does not reach a final solution,"
    Vedrine said through an interpreter.

    Vedrine, accompanied by EU Middle East envoy Miguel Angel
    Moratinos, was due to hold more talks with Egyptian officials
    before flying to Israel and Palestinian-ruled areas on Friday.

    He may also go to Amman if time permits.

    At least 319 people, including 268 Palestinians, 13
    Israeli Arabs and 38 Israeli soldiers and civilians, have been
    killed since Palestinian protests against Israeli occupation
    erupted in late September. Palestinians have demanded an
    international force to protect civilians from the Israeli
    army.
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