Egypt & Saudi Lead Arab Strategy.

From: APS Diplomat News Service | Date: June 12, 2006 | Copyright information

Discussion of matters pertaining to collective Arab strategy and regional politics is now led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Until early 2005, Arab affairs used to be led by a triumvirate which included Syria. With the Assad regime trying hard to survive, the Saudi and Egyptian leaderships are left alone in dealing with such matters.

Thus Saudi King Abdullah on May 31 held two rounds of talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Shaikh. The talks focused on major regional and global issues, most importantly the developments in the Palestinian territories and the ...

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