Baghdad - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Sunday arrived in Iraq on an unannounced visit, the first by a high- level Egyptian delegation since the 2003 US invasion, an Iraqi official

Beirut- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on
Wednesday that he is concerned about ongoing sectarian tensions in
Lebanon.

"We are worried about the situation in Lebanon, particularly
Tripoli in north Lebanon," Abul Gheit said after meeting with Lebanese
Prime Minister Fouad Seniora.

North Lebanon has witnessed in the past two months repeated clashes
between Sunni followers of the western-backed government and others
loyal to the opposition-led by Hezbollah.

Abul Gheit, who arrived in Beirut for a one-day visit, also met

Cairo - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit has dismissed concerns in Arab countries that a proposed Euro- Mediterranean union is a European attempt to control them and merge them into an unwanted alliance with Israel, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.

Abul-Gheit told Egypt's semi-official daily al-Ahram that the new union was an extension of the Barcelona process, but would give countries south of the Mediterranean a central role.

The Barcelona process - launched in 1995 - established formal cooperation between 27 members of the European Union and 12 southern Mediterranean countries in the political, economic, cultural, social and migration spheres.