WORLD : Lebanon Resumes Ties With Egypt
<i> From Times staff and wire service reports</i>
CAIRO —
Egypt and Lebanon today announced the resumption of diplomatic ties, severed 10 years ago after Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel.
The resumption of diplomatic relations left Syria and Libya as the only Arab states that have not restored links with Egypt after a 1987 Arab League summit in Amman, Jordan, gave the go-ahead for members to do so.
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