Pope Benedict XVI Meets New Arab League Chief
By KUNA
Pope Benedict XVI received on Wednesday Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Al-Araby who has been named Secretary General of the Arab League earlier this week.
The meeting took place after the Wednesday sermon on the sidelines of Al-Araby’s visit to Italy in his capacity as Egyptian foreign minister, according to a press release by the Vatican press center.
The statement gave no details on the discussions.
Al-Araby held talks in Rome with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Egypt’s debts to Italy as well as issues relating to Egyptian immigrants.