An international conference on Iraq will be held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh on November 22 and 23, an official spokesman said on Wednesday after a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and top US envoy in the region William Burns.
"Egypt wants to reach an adequate formula for all the Iraqi parties involved to express their views at the conference, which will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh on November 22-23," presidential spokesman Maged Abdul Fattah told reporters.
The conference is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh despite a series of attacks earlier this month in resorts further up the coast of the Sinai peninsula that killed at least 32 people.
The conference is due to be attended by members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s interim government, neighbouring countries, as well as the Group of Eight leading industrialised countries, the Organisation of the Islamic conference, the Arab League and possibly the European Union.
(From the Daily Times, Pakistan).
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