Egypt supports Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s plans to declare a Palestinian state in May, according to Egypt’s foreign minister. “We fully agree that the issue of a state of Palestine is indisputable,” Amre Moussa said after Arafat met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Arafat has come under international pressure to postpone a declaration of statehood in May, when the interim period for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ends.
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