Egypt is readmitted unconditionally to the Islamic…
1987 CE
with Egypt.
This action is taken largely as a result of the Iran-Iraq War and Arab alarm over the Iranian offensive on Iraqi territories at the end of 1986 and throughout January and February
1987.
On Egypt's side, its economic crisis has worsened, and it needs economic assistance from the Arab oil states.
Thus, the summit resolution amounts to an exchange of Egyptian security assistance in the Persian Gulf crisis for Arab aid to Egypt's economy.
The summit indicates that Mubarak, in attempting to steer a middle course between the imposing legacies of Nasser and Sadat, has brought Egypt back into the Arab fold and into the center of
Middle East peace making.
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