DATE=4/21/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-230016
TITLE=ARABS / TERROR PACT (S OVERNIGHTER)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS
DATELINE=CAIRO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: ARAB JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS MEET WEDNESDAY IN
CAIRO, WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SIGN A NEW AGREEMENT PLEDGING
STEPPED-UP EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. V-O-A'S
DOUGLAS ROBERTS REPORTS FROM THE EGYPTIAN CAPITAL.
TEXT: THE PROPOSED ANTI-TERRORISM PACT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF
PERIODIC NEGOTIATIONS AMONG ARAB GOVERNMENTS FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE. DIFFERENCES OVER THE DEFINITION OF TERRORISM AND OTHER
ISSUES HAVE IN THE PAST BLOCKED AGREEMENT ON THE PROPOSAL. BUT
EGYPT'S OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY SAYS ALL ARAB GOVERNMENTS HAVE NOW
ACCEPTED THE ACCORD.
ARAB NEWSPAPER REPORTS SAY IT WILL COMMIT THE SIGNATORIES TO
SHARE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT
TERRORIST GROUPS FROM PLANNING OR LAUNCHING ATTACKS AGAINST OTHER
ARAB STATES.
IT ALSO REPORTEDLY REQUIRES ARAB GOVERNMENTS TO DENY REFUGE TO
TERRORIST SUSPECTS, AND ESTABLISHES A COMMON ARAB POLICY
DEMANDING THE EXTRADITION OF ARAB TERRORISTS OPERATING FROM EXILE
IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE.
THE ACCORD REPORTEDLY MAKES AN EXCEPTION FOR GROUPS LIKE
HIZBOLLAH IN LEBANON, WHICH IS ENGAGED IN WHAT VIRTUALLY ALL
ARAB GOVERNMENTS CONSIDER A LEGITIMATE STRUGGLE AGAINST ISRAELI
OCCUPATION. (SIGNED)
NEB/DBR/JWH
21-Apr-98 1:56 PM EDT (1756 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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