Mohammed Abdul Hassouna, the Secretary General of the Arab League, will visit Moscow for two weeks at the invitation of Nikita Khrushchev, head of the Soviet Union, it was reported here today from Cairo.
The report also said that Mr. Hassouna announced in Cairo yesterday that he is convoking the Arab League Council on August 8 to discuss Iran’s de facto recognition of Israel. From Amman it was reported today that the Jordanian Premier Hazzaz Majali told a press conference that the Arab League was dominated by Nasser and was a failure.
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