Farouk Khadumi, the unofficial “foreign minister” of the Palestine Liberation Organization postponed a visit to Austria, maintaining that he had other pressing problems, a government spokesman said yesterday.
However, the spokesman added: “We believe Khadumi cancelled his visit because he did not want to come to Vienna only a few days before the arrival of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat.” Khadumi’s visit was originally scheduled for April 5-8. Sadat arrived here yesterday from Yugoslavia.
Government sources said a new date for Khadumi’s visit will be fixed after the Easter holidays. Khadumi is to meet Austrian officials to discuss details concerning the expected opening of a PLO bureau in Vienna.
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