CAIRO - Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman has denied President Hosni Mubarak would travel to Germany for medical treatment, slamming a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as an 'unacceptable intervention in Egypt's internal affairs'. "President Mubarak's heath is good. And there is no kind of agreement with Merkel about traveling to Germany. This is an unacceptable intervention," Suleiman told editors-in-chief of local newspaper on Tuesday. Politicians from Merkel's coalition yesterday openly supported proposals to offer Mubarak temporary sanctuary at a luxury clinic in Germany. "The German government should send a discreet message to Mubarak telling him that he can come to Germany if he wants," said Elmar Brok, a German conservative MEP. "If this is a way to bring about peaceful change in Egypt, then it should be done," he told the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. His remarks were echoed by Martin Schulz, a Social Democrat MEP. "I am in favour of any measures that would enable him personally to make a worthy exit and facilitate a change of power in Egypt," he said. German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that preparations were underway for Mubarak to possibly visit Germany for an "extended medical check-up". Rumours that Mubarak may arrive in Germany for a medical sojourn are "much more concrete than was believed until now," the magazine wrote. Mubarak, who was facing protests calling for his exit, has previously received medical treatment in Germany at least twice. French Prime Minister François Fillon admitted on Tuesday he and his family received free flights and accommodation from the Egyptian Government just after Christmas.
