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Senior Russian official: Arab leaders preparing for greater unrest MOSCOW - Arab leaders have assessed increasing unrest in the Middle East in wake of the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A senior Russian official reported that Arab leaders were bracing for revolts in their countries over the next few months. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov has been touring the Middle East and sounding out Arab leaders from such countries as Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. "The contacts during our visit showed that at least some regional leaders do not expect a quick exit from this phase of development in the Middle East," Sultanov said. "The leaders of these countries and some others believe the process will gain momentum." In a briefing on Feb. 13, Sultanov did not identify those Arab leaders who were bracing for unrest. Sultanov, regarded as the leading expert on Arab affairs in the Russian Foreign Ministry, met leaders from Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Sultanov's message belied the declarations of calm issued by Arab leaders in wake of Mubarak's ouster. The leaders insisted that the unrest in Egypt would not affect their countries. During his tour, Sultanov relayed a message of support from Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The deputy minister said the Kremlin has pledged to continue assistance to Middle East states as well as play a role in the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
