New Delhi - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak, who is on a four-day state visit to India to strengthen strategic and economic ties, was scheduled to hold talks Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Singh and Mubarak, who was visiting India for the first time in 25 years, were expected to discuss enhancing economic ties as well as cooperation in world bodies like the United Nations and World Trade Organization, diplomatic officials said.
The Egyptian leader - accompanied by a 150-member delegation, including five senior ministers and leading businessmen - was accorded a ceremonial reception earlier in the day at the presidential palace in New Delhi.
Cairo - While football fans from the participating countries at the Confederations Cup will be looking towards the draw for the competition on November 22 in Johannesburg for answers, Egyptian fans already know in which group they will play.
The reigning African champions will compete in Group B, as the hosts South Africa have been placed in Group A and no two teams from the same confederation can be placed in the same group.
But if the Pharaohs' fans know what group their team will be playing in, they are less sure how good the team will be, even if team officials are optimistic.
Cairo - British actress Julia Ormond talked like an Egyptian on Monday at a press conference held in Cairo on the sidelines of the Cairo International Film Festival
(CIFF) which kicks off late on Tuesday.
"Shukran, sabahul khair ya Masr (Thank you, good morning Egypt)," said Ormond after CIFF president Ezat Abu Ouf presented her to media professionals attending the conference.
Ormond admitted she knew nothing about the Egyptian and Arab cinema industry as a whole, adding that her trip to Egypt has been "illuminating."
New Delhi, Nov 17 : Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak, who arrived on a four-day visit to India, will address the Indo Egyptian Business Forum today.
The President is accompanied by a high-level delegation including several ministers, senior officials and businesspersons.
On Tuesday, President Mubarak will be presented the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, which was conferred on him for the year 1995.
The focus of Mubarak''s visit will be on intensifying strategic and economic cooperation between India and Egypt. The two countries are old friends and founders of the non-aligned movement and South-South cooperation.
New Delhi, Nov 16 : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will arrive in New Delhi today on a four-day visit to India.
Mubarak will be visiting India after 25 years. He last came here in 1983 on a state visit.
On Tuesday, President Mubarak will be presented the Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding, which was conferred on him for the year 1995.
The focus of Mubarak’s visit will be on intensifying strategic and economic cooperation between India and Egypt, old friends and founders of non-aligned movement and South-South cooperation.
Cairo - British actress Julia Ormond talked like an Egyptian on Monday at a press conference held in Cairo on the sidelines of the Cairo International Film Festival 
New Delhi, Nov 16 : Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak has arrived in New Delhi for a four-day visit to India. 
