71.  Wednesday, South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo was to travel to Cairo, the Egyptian capital, to initial cultural and scientific agreements.

72.  Gallach said the European Union official, who then left Jeddah for Cairo, would meet Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa in the Egyptian capital later Wednesday.

73.  French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette arrived in the Egyptian capital Sunday for talks with President Hosni Mubarak, at the start of his first regional tour.

74.  He also said France intended to take part in the conference, which is due to be held in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

75.  He held separate talks with northern and southern delegations in the Egyptian capital, as both sides refused to budge from their positions.

76.  He reiterated this stand in the Egyptian capital, singling out the need to reach a quick accord on an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank town of Hebron.

77.  He said the negotiators would reconvene in the Egyptian capital from next Tuesday to Friday.

78.  He said the second flight linking the northeastern Saudi city with the Egyptian capital will be scheduled for Fridays.

79.  His Israeli counterpart General Oren Shahor said the delegations would pursue negotiations in the Egyptian capital from Tuesday.

80.  He told journalists that the four leaders were drawing up a joint statement, which would end their unprecedented talks in the Egyptian capital.