FURTHER ON CONGRESS OF ARAB OPPOSITION PARTIES

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Committee delegation led by Mahmud `Abbas, alias Abu
Mazin. He predicted the talks will be held in Amman in
the first week of January 1988.
Answering a question from the QNA correspondent in
Cairo on relations between the PLO and Syria, Hurani
declared the PLO welcomes a dialogue with Syria with-
out mediators. Hurani said documents were exchanged
by the two sides last September and the PLO is waiting
for an invitation from Syria to begin talks between the
two sides.
Hurani noted that the PLO wants Egypt, Jordan, and
Syria to attend an international peace conference and
believes in the need for coordination among the Arab
sides.
Asked about the uprising of citizens in the occupied Arab
territory, `Abdallah Hurani said the popular uprising
confirms the Palestinian people's firm rejection of the
occupation and their support for the PLO. It also con-
firms, he added, that Israeli violence and oppression is
.futile in confronting the Palestinian people's uprising
and that the only solution is to acknowledge the legiti-
mate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among
which is their right to self-determination and to establish
a state on their land.
The Palestinian delegation arrived in Cairo last Tuesday.
It is led by Mahmud 'Abbas, alias Abu Mazin, and
includes PLO Executive Committee members `Abdallah
Hurani and Mahmud Darwish.
Delegation Concludes Visit
NCI51525 Cairo MENA in Arabic 1438 GMT
I S Dec 87
[Text] Cairo, I S Dec (MENA~The members of the
PLO delegation led by PLO Executive Committee mem-
ber Mahmud `Abbas, alias Abu Mazin, left Cairo this
afternoon after aweek-long visit to Egypt during which
they met with President Husni Mubarak. They also met
with Prime Minister Dr `Atif Sidqi; Dr 'Ismat 'Abd
al-Majid, deputy prime minister and foreign minister,
and Dr Usamah al-Baz, first under secretary and director
of the President's Office for Political Affairs.
Joint Communique Issued With Hungary 15 Dec
NCI51503 Cairo MENA in Arabic 1345 GMT
IS Dec 87
[Text] Cairo, 15 Dec (MENA}-Egypt and Hungary have
affirmed that holding an international conference for
peace in the Middle East, to be attended by all the parties
concerned with the issue, including the PLO and the five
permanent members of the UN Security Council, is the
only possible and available way to resolve the Middle
East problem.
In a joint communique issued at the end of Hungarian
Foreign Minister Peter Varkonyi's visit to Cairo, the two
countries supported the implementation of UN Security
Council Resolution 598, which calls for acease-fire
between Iraq and Iran. The two countries welcomed the
U.S: Soviet treaty to eliminate intermediate-range
nuclear missiles from Europe and emphasized their
determination to continue efforts to consolidate and
strengthen international peace and security. The com-
munique noted that the two countries' views were iden-
tical with respect to the importance of dialogue and
political negotiations between the countries as a means
for resolving international problems.
The Egyptian-Hungarian joint communique noted that
the talks between the two countries were held in an
atmosphere of friendship and understanding. During
these talks, the two sides discussed ways to promote and
strengthen bilateral cooperation in all fields. The com-
munique further added that the Hungarian foreign min-
ister had invited Dr `Ismat `Abd al-Majid, deputy prime
minister and foreign minister, to visit Hungary. The
invitation has been accepted with appreciation and the
date of the visit will be fixed later.
GDR Sports Minister Arrives for Talks
NC151025 Cairo MENA in English 0930 GMT
1 S Dec 87
[Text] Cairo, Dec 15 (MENA}-The minister of youth
and sports in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
arrived here this morning on a three-day official visit
during which he would meet with head of the Higher
Council for Youth and Sports Dr'Abd al-Ahmad Jamal
al-Din:
In a statement upon arrival, the East German official
said he will discuss ways to reactivate bilateral sport
relations. He will also get acquainted with achievements
in the field of sports in Egypt, he added. The East
German official said on Thursday a protocol between
Egypt and the German Democratic Republic on
exchanging sport teams between the two countries will
be signed.
Libya
Further on Congress of Arab Opposition Parties
Concluding Resolutions Issued
LD152345 Tripoli ]ANA in Arabic 1015 GMT
15 Dec 87
[Text] Tripoli, ! 5 Dec (]ANA)-At the conclusion of its
meetings held from 12 to l5 December at the People's
Hall in Tripoli, the Pan-Arab Conference of the Arab
Opposition Parties issued several resolutions and recom-
mendations. These stated the following:
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First: The Arab opposition forces, in shouldering their
pan-Arab responsibilities, resolve that the question of
Arab unity has become a national duty in addition to
being span-Arab issue. Because it is no longer possible
to continue with the practice and method now in use, the
Arab opposition forces have therefore decided the
following:
A. To list the demands for Arab unity in the programs of
the Arab parties and the organizations that have not yet
done so-at various political, cultural, and media lev-
els-and to struggle to achieve this unity.
B. To mobilize the Arab masses. To make them aware of
the dangers of the growing deterioration of the Arab
situation and of the necessity of overcoming these cir-
cumstancesand halting the deterioration by adopting the
Arab unity project.
C. To pressure the Arab regimes to overcome 'their
secondary differences and to concentrate instead on the
main rivalry with the imperialist Zionist enemy. Also, to
immediately enter into the Arab union project.
D. Any political or social differences should not prevent
action that seeks to achieve the unity project. This
structure will provide a fence to protect the Arab nation
but will not prevent these interactions.
Second: In light of adopting the formula of the Arab
union and laboring at all levels to attain this union-
since the latter is a duty that prevents the decline of the
Arab situation-and as a step on the path to Arab unity,
the Arab opposition forces will simultaneously carry out
the following efforts for pan-Arab solutions to the prob-
lems causing differences among the Arabs:
I. To establish apan-Arab committee under the super-
vision of brother leader Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi and
with the participation of the secretaries general of the
political parties in the Arab countries to solve thse
problems.
2. This pan-Arab committee will send delegations to the
Arab regions to consolidate Arab public opinion at both
the popular and official levels, and to resolve these
problems in the interest of the Arab nation and in a
manner that will wrest the initiative from the enemy.
3. A distinguished Arab role for solving these problems
should be given priority over all other efforts. This will
indicate the extent of the pan-Arabism of these solutions.
Third: In light of the complications of the Arab reality,
the solutions with which the Arab liberation movement
confronts such complications should inevitably be com-
pounded and interlocked in order to achieve the pan-
Arab aims of liberation, unity, and progress. Therefore,
the participants decided:
1. Pan-Arab responsibility requires the opposition forces
to list in their programs and activities the Palestinian
issue as a national liberation issue, one very similar to
other national tasks. This is to raise a new national
generation who will work for the liberation of all of
Palestine.
2. To lay down formulas and programs for the armed
struggle of the Palestinian people-particularly in the
occupied territories-at the level of material and eco-
nomic support. Also, to volunteer to participate in the
struggle and to work to open Arab borders for guerrilla
actton.
3. To work to resist recognition of the Zionist enemy.
This recognition is an act of aggression against the Arab
nation and a compromise of its pan-Arab rights.
Fourth: The Arab opposition forces, while saluting the
historic role of the Lebanese Arab people, under the
leadership of its national progressive forces--who today
by themselves shoulder apan-Arab responsibility by
offering their territory as a springboard for the armed
pan-Arab struggle against the Zionist enemy-decided:
1. To approve the joint memorandum submitted to the
conference by the delegations of the Lebanese national
movement.
2. To work to strengthen the Lebanese people and their
progressive national forces with all types of material and
moral support, to regain the unity of Lebanon, and to
preserve its Arabism and independence as well as its
democratic development.
3. To make efforts at various levels to bolster the
liberation of southern Lebanon and to render the neces-
sary assistance to its inhabitants.
4. To render material and moral assistance to the Leba-
nese national resistance, which is waging an armed
struggle against the Zionist enemy, and to mount an
extensive campaign of support for it at the Arab and
international levels.
Fifth: In confronting the Arabization and generalization
of stable David, to prevent the Zionization of the Arab
homeland, and to enable Egypt to regain its leading and
pioneering rote at the pan-Arab level, the participants
decided:
1. To bolster the struggle of the Arab people in Egypt
along the path of Egypt's regaining its role and its
pan-Arab progressive line, to topple the policies of Camp
David.
2. To work with the Egyptian opposition forces to find a
practical formula at the popular level that will guarantee
Arab unity around the Egyptian people and their
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ARAB AFRICA
national movement, to enable them to confront imperi-
alist, Zionist, and reactionary plans to isolate Egypt and
end its role in the Arab homeland.
3. To call for the convening of an Arab popular confer-
ence at which the practical formulas for Egypt's return to
the Arab fold and what that country and its people
should be given-at the different political, economic,
and military levels-to confront stable David, can be
discussed.
4. To demand the end of all types of barriers, such as
closed borders. that rrcvcnt [thc movement] of the Arab
peoples, and to denounce these measures. "I~o struggle to
facilitate the free movement of Arab citizens and the
right to work and live freely--to increase pan-Arab
interaction at all levels to achieve Arab unity-in a way
that will not contravene the decisions of the committee
on boycotting the Zionist enemy.
Sixth: The participants 'approved the following recom-
mendations:
1. To employ the information media and the intellectual
capabilities of the Arab opposition forces to confront the
imperialist and Zionist strategic attack.
2. To take all measures to confront the normalization
with the Zionist enemy at all levels and to prevent the
Zionization of the Arab homeland.
3. To work for the formation of a pan-Arab popular
committee to organize volunteers and the collection of
donations for the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples to
bolster the pan-Arab struggle.
Statement on Topics Discussed
LD152053.Tripoli JANA in English 1435 GMT
l5 Dec 87
[Text] Tripoli, Al-Kanun [December] 15, JAMAHIRI-
YAH NEWS AGENCY-The pan-Arab opposition par-
ties issued the following statement:
Taking the initiative of the leader, Mu'ammar al-Qadhd-
hafi, the Secretariat of the People's General Congress in
the Great Jamahiriyah issued an invitation to Arab
opposition parties to hold a conference in Tripoli during
the period 12-15 AI-Kanun (December) 1987.
Attended by 65 delegates the sessions of the conference
were conducted in a democratic way about the following
topics:
1-The problems which have raised conflicts between
the Arabs, these are:
A-In light of the Egyptian regime's continuous acknow-
ledgement of the Zionist enemy, what steps should be
taken?
B-The Gulf war
C-The Western Sahara
D-The international peace conference to solve the
Middle East problem
2-The pan-Arab responsibility regarding the liberation
of Palestine and supporting the struggle of the Palestin-
ian Arab people.
3-The pan-Arab responsibility to support the Lebanese
national forces.
4-Arab union as a formula dictated by the present state
of affairs to stop the deterioration and to create a
powerful economy that will protect the Arab world.
Brother Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi, the leader of the rev-
olution, addressed the opening session with a resounding
speech that covered all topics. He called upon the
gathering to come out with clear cut ideas and resolu-
tions.
He pointed out the need for Arab union as a basis for
pan-African unity. The leader also stressed the need to
stop all mischievious acts damaging to the Arab cause.
The participants stressed the need to defeat reactionary
Arab regimes to regain control. They affirmed the great
loss inflicted on the pan-Arab struggle as a result of
Egypt's signing of the Camp David accords and its
subsequent withdrawal from the Arab fold.
The participants have hailed the heroic struggles waged
by the Egyptian people against the policies of David
Cafip and the policies of normalization with the Zionist
enemy. They have also called for the necessity of estab-
lishing closer relations among the factions of Arab liber-
ation movement and the Egyptian national forces for the
purpose of repulsing the policies of Camp David.
Excepting the delegation of the Egyptian national move-
ment present at conference, the participants, in this
regard, have renounced the resolution released by
Amman summit which has opened the door for the
resumption of relations between the Arab regimes and
the Egyptian regime which abides by the accords of
stable David and the Arabization of these accords, apart
from accepting the principle of the normalization of
relation with the Zionist enemy. Such an eventuality
engenders harm to the Egyptian people itself in addition
to the Palestine revolution and the entire Arab liberation
movement.
The participants have stressed that Egypt must return to
its natural and pioneering role in the Arab liberation
movement and be free from the fetters of stable David.
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Looking into the Iraqi-Iranian war and the miseries and
losses it has inflicted alongside the benefits achieved by
imperialism and Zionism because of its continuation,
the participants have stressed the necessity of ending this
mad war. In this regard, the participants at conference
emphasized the necessity of having apan-Arab proposal
for a solution conducive to safeguarding the interests of
the Arab nation and the Iranian people, apart from not
following the Arab reactionary regimes in adopting an
American solution to this war which is of necessity
against the Arab nation.
Delegates have denounced strongly the U.S.-NATO mil-
itary presence in the Gulf and the provision of facilities
to it in this important part of the Arab homeland.
Delegates bring to mind anew that these imperialist
forces themselves have colluded with Arab reaction to
spark off this war. They are also behind its continuation
preparing for imposing a solution to it at the expense of
the Arab nation, the Palestinian cause and the pan-Arab
struggle.
Looking into the war in Western Sahara which has been
going on for a time, the participants at conference have
found in this war a danger wrecking the Arab efforts and
Arab forces keeping them away from the central cause of
Arab struggle.
The participants see it necessary to put an end to this
issue in a manner conducive to serving the unity of Arab
Maghreb through the overall Arab unity.
In this regard, there comes an agreement on the necessity
of abiding by the international resolutions which call for
conducting a referendum in the Western Sahara specify-
ing its future thereby stopping the bloodshed of Arabs in
this part of the homeland.
The participants have discussed another question which
preoccupies the (?Arab) liberation movement, namely,
the stance on the international conference on the Middle
East.
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The participants have expressed their unanimous opin-
ion on the difficulty of holding an international confer-
ence securing the interests of the Palestinian people and
the Arab nation given the balance of forces inside the
Arab homeland and in the Middle East arena.
Such a balance is at present forcibly in the favour of the
enemies. The participants have agreed not to make any
disagreement on accepting or, rejecting this conference as
a cause for new divisions inside the Arab liberation
movement. On the contrary, this issue should be dealt
with in a spirit of objective dialogue which is equal
among the progressive, patriotic pan-Arab forces.
There is a consensus of opinion asserting that the poten-
tials ofthe Arab nation are capable of achieving a victory
at the military and political levels.
Conference has looked long into the pan-Arab responsi-
bility towards the liberation of Palestine and supported
the struggle of the Palestinian Arab people.
The delegates have strongly hailed the struggle of the
Palestinian people in the occupied lands while heroically
and courageously facing the Zionist repression and the
Zionist war machinery.
The delegates have also stressed the necessity of stepping
up the armed struggle as an inevitable way for return to
liberate Palestine and redeem the national rights of the
Palestinian people in the spearhead of which being its
right to return and to self-determination, apart from
building its independent, national state on the whole soil
of Palestine led by the Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion-its sole legitimate representative.
The participants have emphasized the necessity of
increasing the support given to Arab liberation move-
ment of the Palestine revolution in the face of the rapid
plot concocted against it the last of which being what was
revealed in Amman summit. It is the plot that aims at
usurping the right of the Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion to represent the Palestinian people, and wasting the
natural rights of this people for the benefit of an Amer-
ican settlement kccping the door wide open to the
Jordanian regime to join the Egyptian regime in pursu-
ing the policies of stable David.
The participants have stressed the necessity of putting a
final end to the war of camps in Lebanon and to protect
the Palestinian presence therein.
The participants are of the opinion that the Palestine
national unity is to be of solid bases and foundations in
the forefront of which being its abiding by the armed
struggle and the animosity towards imperialism along-
side rejecting the political deals of Arab reaction. It is an
unavoidable necessity to support the struggle of the
Palestinian people and defend its achievements in this
critical time the Arab homeland is going through.
Despite the various viewpoints on this issue, there is a
consensus of opinion which rejects the U.S.-reactionary
conception of the international conference which aims at
bringing about an international cover for direct talks
with the Zionist enemy to be a justification to join the
policies of stable David. It is the only solution to the
Middle East problem put forward by U.S. imperialism
and the Zionist enemy.
~ The participants see that the quick reaction by Arab
regimes to accept this conference constitutes a pretext to
reach the table of direct negotiations.
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The participants hold that the alliance relations between
the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Lebanese
national forces and Syria backed by Al-Jamahiriyah,
Algeria, Democratic Yemen and the, factions of Arab
national liberation movement is inevitable necessity to
support the central cause of the .lrabs, namely, the
Palestinian cause.
In this regard, the participants condemn any attempt
made to divert the struggle in the Arab homeland and
eliminate the Palestinian question from being in the
forefront of Arab liberation struggle. They call for open-
ingall Arab burders to t}rc Palestine rc~ uiutiun. iuo~ing
into the Lebanese crisis and the great sacrifices that have
been given and still given by the Lebanese Arab people in
defence of the Arab nation and the Palestinian question
in facing up to the plots of the imperialism, Zionism,
reaction, Lebanese isolationist and fascist forces con-
nected with the Zionist enemy, conference has unani-
mously expressed the necessity of giving all material and
political support to the Lebanese national forces in the
struggle it wages in defence of the unity of Lebanon,
apart from its Arabism, independence and democratic
advancement.
Conference has also saluted the heroic Lebanese national
resistance which faces with arms the Zionist enemy
inflicting upon it heavy losses thereby giving a tangible
evidence that the armed struggle is the only way to
,redeem the usurped land and rights.
Conference has hailed the cohesion of Lebanese-Syrian-
Palestine struggle whose importance of struggle has been
confirmed in the fight for overthrowing the 17th Al-Ma'
(May) [agreement] and the expulsion of the U.S.-NATO
troops from Lebanon thereby giving the practical exam-
ple to reply to the policies of stable David and the forces
connected with such policies.
Conference has called on the Arab liberation movement,
progressive regimes and all Arab countries to give quick
and genuine support to the Lebanese people to face the
stifling economic crisis Lebanon is going through for a
time.
The participants see that surmounting this plight by
Lebanon, the return of peace and national unity and
reforming its political order can only be achieved
through defecting [as received] the isolationist schemes
within the framework of a balance of forces inclined
towards the benefit of those forces hostile to imperial-
ism, Zionism and reaction in the Arab homeland.
The participants have discussed the formula of the Arab
union and the initiative of Brother Col. Mu`ammar
al-Qadhdhafi.
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They are of the opinion that this union in this stage
answers the minimum of the aspirations of the pan-Arab
work thereby safeguarding the economic and political
interests of the Arab nation and securing the defence of
its lands and rights against the dangers surrounding it.
The participants hold that if this formula has been
achieved it will make the door wide open towards the
initiative of objective and effective dialogue of a variety of
questions that are of concern to the Arab homeland. It is of
great help to solve problems still outstanding among Arab
countries, let alone avoiding the emergence of new prob-
lems that may cause harm to these countries individually
or collectively such as the case in the Lebanese arena,
Iraqi-Iranian war, the problem of Western Sahara and as is
the case concerning in particular the central cause of the
Arab nation, namely the Palestinian question.
Accordingly, conference supports the brotherly colonel
in his presentation of such formula calling on the Arab
countries and the Arab League to study this proposal in
accordance with the state of deterioration under which
we live today, apart from achieving a new step on the
road of the pan-Arab unity. It is our way to attain to this
age in a world of great population and political blocs.
Conference calls on Arab parties which don't place the
question of Arab unity in the core of their respective
programmes to treat this question as an urgent mission
in the spearhead of those mission for which these parties
wage struggles to achieve.
In conclusion, delegates extend their thanks to AI-Jama-
hiriyah ~s a leadership and a people, and also to the
General People's Congress for taking the initiative in
organizing this important pan-Arab conference. It has
been an occasion to bring together various factions of
Arab liberation movement, let alone giving an opportu-
nity to them to exchange viewpoints on several basic
questions some of which pertain to the present and
future of the Arab nation.
The participants believe in the necessity of complement-
ing and deepening this dialogue within the purview of
the pan-Arab establishment to which they belong, name-
ly, the Arab People's Congress.
They see in this third regular session of this congress for
which preparations are underway for a time as a new
oncoming opportunity to get together and deepen the
dialogue, apart from taking steps forward on the road of
the comprehensive pan-Arab work.
The participants call on the Standing Secretariat of Arab
People's Congress to benefit from the sessions of the
Arab opposition conference to prepare this session to
unify the Arab efforts and achieve the desired benefit for
holding pan-Arab struggle meetings.
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Conference sees it necessary that the liberation forces in
the Arab homeland give additional support to the pan-
Arab command of Arab revolutionary forces to escalate
the armed struggle against the strategic savagery of
imperialism, Zionism and reaction, the aim being rein-
forcing the armed struggle of the Palestinian and Leba-
nese peoples.
The participants greet Brother Col. Mu`ammar al-
Qadhdhafi with pride and appreciation for the pan-Arab
struggle role played by him in the Arab liberation move-
ment and for his important initiative of calling for the
convening of this conference as another step on the path
of his continued efforts to achieve the unity of the Arab
nation and the unity of the Arab national liberation
movement factions.
Mubarak Remarks on Al-Qadhdhafi Refuted
LD152326 Tripoli )ANA in Arabic 1815 GMT, t
IS Dec 87
[Text] Tripoli, 15 Dec (DANA)-The leader gf.the Egyp-
tian regime, kneeling Husni [Mubarak], yesterday gave
UAE television an interview that was full of trivia and
irresponsible nonsense. Among the things he said was
that Al-Qadhdhafi wanted a union with China. Kneeling
Husni then cunningly asked: What does Al-Qadhdhafi
want?
The kneeling one thus proved that he is a little boy, for
this kind of talk cannot be uttered by a man. In fact, it is
the talk of women and children. We used to hear such
nonsense from the entombed Al-Sadat. This is what led
to his downfall in the end.
As for the wish of Al-Qadhdhafi for a union with China,
this a complete lie. This kind of talk is completely
rejected and cannot be believed by any sane person. As
for the kneeling one's asking what it is that Al-Qadhdhafi
wants, the wishes of the latter are clear and have been so
since the first communique of the Great 1 September
Revolution.
As fa' you, knecliug Husni, it would be better for you to
remain kneeling where you are. We are sorry to talk to
you in such a way, but this is the only language that you
understand.
Leader Contacts I{aunda on Chad `Allegation'
LD151512 Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic
1330 GMT 15 Dec 87
[Text) )ANA has learned that the brother leader of the
revolution has sent a message to Kenneth Kaunda,
president of Zambia and current chairman of the OAU,
in which he explained the attitude of the Great Jamahi-
riyah toward the allegation spread by Ndjamena.
The message of the brother leader reaffirmed the Great
Jamahiriyah's determination to continue strengthening
and supporting the efforts of the OAU, due to Tripoli's
commitment to the OAU's principled stand. This stand
stipulates reliance on the will of Africans to resolve
African problems.
The message asked the OAU chairman and member
states to shoulder their responsibilities toward the
French and U.S. colonial military presence in Chad, as
well as toward the policy of these two countries. This
policy is based on sending arms to be stockpiled in
Ndjamena, to escalate the situation in Chad, and to
undermine and destroy the peace efforts of the OAU to
solve the Chadian problem.
The brother leader has sent a similar message to Omar
Bongo, president of Gabon and chairman of the [OAU]
good-offices committee, on the same issue.
Al-Humaydi Returns, Received by Al-Qadhdhafi
LD141227 Tripoli )ANA in Arabic 1200 GMT
l4 Dec 87
[Text] Tripoli, l4 Dec ()ANA)-The brother leader of
the revolution has received Major al-Khuwaylidi al-
Humaydi on the occasion of the conclusion of his visit to
fraternal Tunisia. Al-Humaydi briefed the leader of the
revolution on the results of the meetings and talks he had
with the brother officials in Tunisia, headed by President
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Correction on Visit of Niger Foreign Minister
The following correction pertains to the item headlined
"Nigerian Foreign Minister Arrives on Visit," published
in the 15 December Near East & South Asia DAILY
REPORT, p 17: column two, only paragraph, only
sentence:...Mahamat Sani Bako, Niger minister of for-
eign affairs... (changing word "Nigerian" to "Niger")
Further on Visit of Niger Foreign Minister
Meets With AI-Talhi
LD152218 Tripoli )ANA in English 1749 GMT
1 S Dec 87
[Text] Tripoli, Al-Kanun (December] I5, JAMAHIRI-
YAH NEWS AGENCY-"Jadallah `Azzuz al-Talhi" the
secretary of the People's Committee for Foreign Liaison
Bureau met today "Sani Bako" the minister of foreign
affairs and co-cooperation in the Republic of Niger who
is visiting Great Jamahiriyah nowadays.
In the meeting, which was attended by the ambassador of
Niger to Great Jamahiriyah, they discussed bilateral
relations between both friendly countries and the means
to back them and develop them in various fields.
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