Arafat, Mubarak Talks ‘Fruitful’
Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and President Hosni Mubarak held what were described as “fruitful” talks today on bolstering the PLO’s image following the Achille Lauro hijacking.
At the end of a four-hour session between the PLO chief and the Egyptian president, a smiling Arafat embraced Mubarak and kissed him on the cheek. “The talks were positive, constructive and satisfactory,” presidential adviser Osama El-Baz said. Diplomatic sources said the talks focused on offsetting bad publicity from the Achille Lauro hijacking by Palestinian gunmen and overcoming American-Israeli calls for excluding the PLO from peace efforts.
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