Cairo funeral for Arafat
2004-11-10 15:26
Ramallah - The Palestinian Authority has accepted an offer from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to hold an official funeral for Yasser Arafat in Cairo, the head of Arafat's office, Tayeb Abdelrahim said on Wednesday.
"The PLO Legislative Committee and the Central Committee agreed unanimously that the funeral would be in Cairo if Arafat dies and that he will be buried in Ramallah," Abdelrahim told AFP.
Egyptian presidential spokesperson Maged Abdul Fattah earlier confirmed that Cairo had offered to host Palestinian leader Arafat's eventual funeral, which he said would be "limited in scope and restricted to officials".
- AFP