Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohamed al-Orabi, said discussion that gathered Egypt's officials and their Arab counterpart in Saudi Arabia, Emirates and Bahrain didn't include Mubarak's trial. He denied any leader of these countries demanded releasing Mubarak. Al-Orabi told Youm7 the Arab tour, lead by Egyptian Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf, achieved its objectives since all parties expressed their desire to achieve cooperation and strengthen relations with Egypt. He said Egypt returned to the Arabs and the Arabs returned to Egypt. Egypt's top diplomat denied the Arab leaders discussed Mubarak's prosecution during the dialogue with Egyptian officials. He assured the talks focused on the future and ignored the past. The Egyptian Minister revealed the main results of the Arab tour are to establish common investments, aiming to achieve interests of all countries. The Arab leaders especially expressed their desire to deepen cooperation and increase investments with Egypt, confirming the next stage will witness more consultations and coordination between Egypt and these countries. Al-Orabi highlighted the Emirates' desire to expand cooperation with Egypt, it is one of the main objectives of the tour. Al-Orabi said Emirates will push a U.S. $3 billion investment to Egypt in different sectors to contribute in reviving Egypt's economy. Al-Orabi also underlined the government's desire to formulate mechanisms to ensure the participation of Egyptians living abroad to participate in Egypt's future in the upcoming elections.
