DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Egypt plans to send a junior minister to the upcoming Arab summit in Damascus, effectively snubbing a meeting which is usually attended by heads of state, officials and media said on Wednesday.
An Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman in Damascus said Minister of State for Legal and Assembly Affairs Moufid Shehab would represent Egypt at the meeting. In Cairo, an official said Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit would not attend.
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