41. The Iranian minister was scheduled to meet with Mubarak on Tuesday to deliver an invitation to attend an Islamic summit in Tehran, the Iranian capital, in December. 42. There was no immediate comment from Arafat who was en route to Gaza from an Islamic summit in Doha. 43. Velayati said Iran has been working since the last summit in Dakar, Senegal, three years ago to host an Islamic summit. 44. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh accepted an Iranian invitation Thursday to attend an Islamic summit in Tehran, the Iranian news agency reported. 45. A Pakistan-based association of Afghan refugee women Monday slammed the presence of an Afghan Taliban delegation at the just-ended special Islamic summit held here. 46. An Iraqi delegation headed by Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan left here Monday for Casablanca, where a two-day Islamic summit meeting opens Tuesday. 47. Velayati called for an Islamic summit on the Jerusalem issue, which will be at the centre of Israeli-Palestinian talks on the final status of Palestinian territories. 48. King Hassan II of Morocco said Tuesday no authority had the right to issue death decrees against Moslems as the seventh Islamic summit opened here. 49. Meanwhile, Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah ibn Abdel Aziz met Sunday with Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on the sidelines of an Islamic summit in Islamabad. 50. Sarmadi also said Iran had decided to make overtures to Arab and Moslem states, and that its policy paid off during an Islamic summit in Islamabad last week. |