Israel and Jordanian businessmen will meet soon.
Globes Correspondent
Minister of Foreign Affairs David Levy arranged with his Egyptian counterpart Amr Moussa the opening of an Israel-Egypt dialog, in an attempt to ease the tense relations between the two countries.
At the end of their Istanbul meeting, Levy and Moussa announced rectification of differences between their countries and the opening of a dialog to put relations on the right foot.
Levy and Moussa arranged another work meeting between them in the near future. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General Eitan Bentsur will visit Cairo next week. During his visit, he will meet senior Egyptian Foreign Ministry officials.
Before his meeting with Moussa, Levi met his Jordanian counterpart. During the meeting, the Jordanian Foreign Minister expressed optimism concerning a renewal of negotiations between Israel and Syria. He stated that he encountered Syrian willingness to quickly renew negotiations with Israel during his trip to Damascus last week.
At the end of the meeting, a meeting was arranged betweeen Israeli and Jordanian businessmen.
Published by Israel's Business Arena on November 18, 1999