All of the 13 Arab countries represented at the recent summit conference in Cairo plan to send their foreign ministers to all major world capitals to seek support for their fight against Israel’s huge irrigation project, it was reported here today from Beirut.
The itineraries of the visits have been planned to assure that nearly all parts of the world will be covered by at least one foreign minister of a major Arab state. According to the program, every foreign minister of the Arab League countries will visit Washington. Britain, Russia and France tie for second place; with visits scheduled by 11 Arab foreign ministers, either singly or in small groups. Communist China will have three visits, and Nationalist China two. The Egyptian foreign minister will visit 23 countries.
Jordan, for reasons not indicated, will exclude Britain. Apart from Russia, Jordan’s foreign minister will visit the United States, Nationalist China and some South American countries. Six of the Arab officials will visit West Germany.
Experts on the Arab scene here expressed some doubt as to what the foreign ministers would be able to do that their Ambassadors cannot do. However, they added, it appeared that the Arabs felt they must take “every path in seeking to square accounts” with Israel.
(From Tel Aviv it was reported today that a leading American expert, Prof. Burton V. Dean of Cleveland’s Case Institute, has arrived in Israel to advise on pipeline installations for a new irrigation system.)
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