Israel denies Olmert to visit Egypt next week

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

CAIRO (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to meet President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt on Tuesday, an Egyptian official said on Saturday, but a spokesman for the premier later denied the report.

An Egyptian presidency source said that Olmert "will arrive Tuesday in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria for talks with the president to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations."

But Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev said that the premier "did not plan to visit Egypt next week."

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak was nevertheless scheduled to travel to Alexandria on Tuesday to meet Mubarak and Egyptian security chief Omar Suleiman.

The talks are expected to focus on the fragile two-month old ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and...

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