Suleiman Will Meet Lieberman

Egypt has been a bit skittish about how to deal with Avigdor Lieberman as Foreign Minister of Israel, given the fact that Lieberman has in the past said some fairly outrageous things about Egypt, once urging the bombing of the Aswan High Dam.

Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu'l-Gheit recently said he would not shake Lieberman's hand, and the question of how to deal with him has been in the air since his appointment.

Now it appears that Omar Suleiman will be the first to meet with Lieberman. Suleiman, as intelligence chief, is a major intermediary with Israel, but he is in some sense less ceremonial and official than the Foreign Minister. But it may at least establish communication.