CAIRO, OCT. 30, (BNA) -- EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, JAVIER SOLANA, CONCLUDED A TWO-DAY VISIT TO EGYPT DURING WHICH HE REVIEWED WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT, MOHAMMED HOSNI MUBARAK, THE LATEST REGIONAL AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ENDEAVOURS TO SOLVE MIDEAST PROBLEMS.
SOLANA ALSO REVIEWED WITH ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL, AMR MUSA, THE OUTCOME OF HIS TOUR IN JORDAN, LEBANON, ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AS WELL AS THE PREPARATIONS FOR AN ARAB-EUROPEAN INITIATIVE TO REVIVE THE MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS AND PUT AN END TO VIOLENCE IN THE AREA. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, SOLANA MET WITH EGYPTS PRIME MINISTER, AHMED NADHEEF AND REVIEWED WITH HIM WAYS OF BOLSTERING THE EGYPTIAN-EU RELATIONS IN ALL FIELDS. IT IS TO NOTE THAT SOLANAS VISIT TO EGYPT CAME AT THE END OF A MIDDLE EAST TOUR THAT INCLUDED ISRAEL, PALESTINE, JORDAN AND LEBANON. HMQ 30-OCT-2006 19:22