Mukherjee meets Arab League chief

Cairo, July 5 (PTI) - External Affairs Minister Pranab
Mukherjee Thursday met Arab League chief Amr Moussa and
discussed issue of rising oil prices, situation in the
Middle-East and the Indo-Pak dialogue.

At a meeting that lasted for nearly an hour, the two
leaders who have known each other from the past spoke on the
food crises being felt globally.

Mukherjee briefed Moussa, who was Egypt's Foreign
Minister for a decade till 2001, on his talks with the
leadership in Cairo, including president Hosni Mubarak during
his three-day visit.

Mukherjee told Moussa, who was elected the Arab
League's Secretary-General in 2001, about the situation in
South Asia, the improvement in ties between India and Pakistan
and the progress in the Composite Dialogue.

Moussa, who was Egypt's ambassador in New Delhi in
1967, briefed the Indian minister on the Israel-Palestinian
conflict and its effect in the region.

The two leaders also discussed the situation in war-torn
Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. PTI