Abbas: In the name of God, His Excellency Mr. President Hosni Mubarak, his Majesty King Abdullah the Second, Mr. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, dear ladies and gentlemen, I first would like to start to express my gratitude and appreciation to President Mubarak and to the Arab Republic of Egypt for hosting this meeting as a continuity of the Egyptian effective role in sponsoring the peace process in our region.

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Artefacts from the National Museum of Damascus (the Syrian Arab Republic) and the Nubian Museum in Aswan (Egypt) are selected to highlight this intercultural exchange of scientific, religious and artistic forms of knowledge.

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