EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD ABUL GHAIT REVIEWED HERE TODAY WITH THE US AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE VISIT DUE TO BE PAID TO THE US BY EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD ABUL GHAIT. THEY ALSO REVIEWED A NUMBER OF REGIONAL TOPICS NOTABLY THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTET CONFERENCE, WHICH DATE WILL BE FIXED LATER. THE US AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT THE VISIT OF ABUL GHAIT COMES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ONGOING STRATEGIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN EGYPT AND THE US. ABUL GHAIT IS EXPECTED TO MEET US STATE SECRETARY CONDOLEEZZA RICE AND VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS.
