AL QUDS, Oct 29: A 200-member delegation of Pakistani officials and businessmen is to visit Israel in early November, in a bid to bring closer the two countries which have no diplomatic relations, Israeli military radio said.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom are to receive the Pakistani delegation of retired generals, religious leaders, politicians and business people, radio said, though there was no official confirmation.

Israel currently has full diplomatic relations with only three Arab states — Mauritania, Egypt and Jordan — and a handful of Muslim majority states including Turkey.—AFP

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Under siege
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Under siege

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Meddlesome ways

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