Pope Benedict XVI Meets New Arab League Chief

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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.

KUNA

KUNA is the Kuwait News Agency

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