VOL. XXXVII

NO. 46

15-AUGUST-1994

Egypt

Banbi Visits Israel For Gas Talks

Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi paid a three-day visit (10-12 August) toIsrael for talks that centered on possible gas supplies from Egypt to Israel.On 10 August he met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and EnergyMinister Moshe Shahal, and on 11 August he visited the Ashdod refinery, theAshkelon power station and a solar energy research center near Tel-Aviv. Hereturned to Egypt on 12 August.

Mr. Yossi Lubaton,...