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Egypt specialists are disappointed by the Co-operative Travel Trading Group’s selection to cancel its December conference in Sharm el Sheikh.

Alot more than 1,000 branch managers from the 5 member societies have been due to attend the event, in advance of it was cancelled final week following fatal bomb blasts at two Taba resorts.

Thirty-four holidaymakers have been killed and one more 105 injured (TTG October 15).

Longwood Holidays managing director Rafi Caplin said he was “dismayed” at CTTG’s selection.

“If the conference had been due to take place in Taba, then cancelling it would have been extra understandable. But not a single operator going to Sharm has amended its programmes,” he told TTG.

Celebrating H.M. Queen Beatrix of Netherlands’ birthday, the Dutch embassy in Egypt gave a reception at Iberotel Palace in Sharm El Sheikh. The reception was attended by a huge amount of invitees amongst which have been H.E Susanna Blankhart, the Ambassador of Netherlands, Mr. Wahid Azab, the Embassy’s Representative in South Sinai along with the embassy’s officials plus the Dutch community in Egypt.

The guests expressed their admiration for the hotel and significantly appreciated the hospitality and good quality service delivered by the hotel’s group.

The photo shows: H.E Susanna Blankhart, the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Mr. Wahid Azab, the Embassy’s Representative in South Sinai, Ibrahim Redwan, the Common Manager of Iberotel Palace, and some of the invitees.

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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 22 Kyodo

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Iraq asked Japan on Monday to preserve Self-Defense Forces troops in the nation until the political method is completed, apparently referring to the end of 2005, a Japanese official said.

Iraqi interim Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari created the request in the course of talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on the sidelines of an international conference on the reconstruction of Iraq in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

But Machimura stopped quick of clearly responding to Zebari’s remarks, just saying that discussions are nonetheless beneath way in Japan about regardless of whether to extend the SDF deployment in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah beyond Dec. 14, when the recent one-year program expires.

Zebari became the to begin with Iraqi interim government official to mention the duration of the SDF deployment in Iraq.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has signaled he will extend the dispatch in spite of opposition due to issues about the safety situation in Samawah following current conflicts involving U.S.-led forces and insurgents in Fallujah.

Zebari indicated Samawah has been comparatively stable, saying some of the armed groups have shifted away from Fallujah but their movements would not instantly affect the safety situation in Samawah.

In June, the U.N. Safety Council adopted a resolution in which its member states had been committed to helping the political method in Iraq, eyeing the establishment of a permanent government by the end of 2005 by way of general elections in January and subsequent enactment of a constitution.

The Japanese and Iraqi foreign ministers arrived in Egypt to join the conference in which important ministers from the Group of Eight major nations and Middle Eastern countries surrounding Iraq are expected to talk about how most reliable to carry on supporting the reconstruction of the nation.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 23 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH JAPANESE FM MACHIMURA’S COMMENTS IN 7-eight GRAFS)

Participants in an international conference on Iraq’s reconstruction agreed Tuesday the United Nations needs to play a major function so the political approach in Iraq runs efficiently right up until the finish of 2005.

In a joint statement issued after the talks at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, key planet officials, like foreign ministers from seven nations close to Iraq and the Group of Eight key nations, also referred to as on Iraq to make efforts so a wide variety of Iraqis cast ballots in the common elections planned for Jan. 30.

The G-8 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.

It was the initial significant meeting in which countless nations, like these close to Iraq, discussed how ideal to enable the country rebuild itself considering the fact that an interim government was established in June.

The participants integrated interim Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, U.N. Secretary Basic Kofi Annan and officials from the European Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

The participants from the countries around Iraq had been Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell also took element.

Machimura stated right after the meeting that regardless of the rift over the Iraq war ”the international community is now united and supports the political procedure advanced by the interim government.”

”This is the most significant achievement” of the conference, he told reporters. ”The following year is a essential stage (for Iraq’s reconstruction). Japan will do its best” to help the reconstruction effort.

According to the joint statement, the participants stressed ”the major role of the United Nations in supporting, as circumstances permit, the political procedure in Iraq as stipulated” in U.N. Resolution 1546.

They encouraged the interim government ”to convene in Iraq, at the earliest date, ahead of the general elections, representatives of the Iraqi political spectrum and civil society…with the view to encouraging broader participation in the common elections.”

The conference named on ”all parties concerned to keep away from excessive use of force and to exercising maximum self-restraint to keep away from violence inflicted on civilians” in Iraq.

The mandate of the U.S.-led multinational forces in Iraq ”is not open-ended,” the statement mentioned.

Some countries, which includes France and Syria, demanded that the statement clearly mention the duration of the U.S.-led forces’ activities, conference sources mentioned. The United States opposed the concept.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 23 Kyodo

Participants in an international conference on Iraq’s reconstruction agreed Tuesday the United Nations demands to play a top function so the political practice in Iraq runs successfully right up until the end of 2005.

In a joint statement issued just after the talks at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, crucial planet officials, which includes foreign ministers from seven countries all around Iraq and the Group of Eight big nations, also known as on Iraq to make efforts so a wide variety of Iraqis cast ballots in the standard elections planned for Jan. 30.

The G-eight groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.

It was the first significant meeting in which numerous countries, like these close to Iraq, discussed how right to assistance the nation rebuild itself considering the fact that an interim government was established in June.

The participants incorporated interim Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, U.N. Secretary Standard Kofi Annan and officials from the European Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

The participants from the countries all around Iraq were Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell also took component.

The participants stressed ”the leading part of the United Nations in supporting, as circumstances permit, the political procedure in Iraq as stipulated” in U.N. Resolution 1546, according to the statement.

They encouraged the interim government ”to convene in Iraq, at the earliest date, prior to the common elections, representatives of the Iraqi political spectrum and civil society…with the view to encouraging broader participation in the standard elections.”

The conference called on ”all parties concerned to stay away from extreme use of force and to workout maximum self-restraint to stay clear of violence inflicted on civilians” in Iraq.

The mandate of the U.S.-led multinational forces in Iraq ”is not open-ended,” the statement mentioned.

Some nations, like France and Syria, demanded that the statement clearly mention the duration of the U.S.-led forces’ activities, conference sources mentioned. The United States opposed the idea.