| Omar Sulaiman, chief of the Egyptian general intelligence, yesterday left for Washington to discuss means of reviving the Palestinian-Zionist peace process. Sulaiman had discussed the same question with Palestinian Authority chief Yasser Arafat a few days ago in Ramallah. The Zionist foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, who was in Cairo on Thursday, is scheduled to fly to Washington within days to join Zionist war minister Shaul Mofaz who is currently visiting the USA. A diplomatic stir has been taking place in the region in the past few weeks after Zionist premier Ariel Sharon declared his unilateral disengagement plan that stipulated evacuating the Gaza Strip and areas of the West Bank. The Americans have expressed reservations over the withdrawal plan, asserting that it should conform with the American-proposed roadmap plan. Egyptian information minister, Safwat Al-Sharif, for his part, said in press statements that Cairo and Tel Aviv should coordinate amending the Camp David agreements so as to enable Egypt safeguard its side of the borders with the Strip in the event of a Zionist evacuation. |