It made the announcement during a visit by Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister, during which he met Kim Jong Il, the country's dictator.
At the beginning of last year, he even had a two-hour meeting with the prime minister, during which he lobbied for stiffer laws.
But she was released after a telephone call from the prime minister during which he suggested that she was the granddaughter of Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak.
Mr. Qurei, known as Abu Ala, is a logical choice to replace Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned on Saturday after only four turbulent months as prime minister, during which he was often at odds with Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader.
Aziz and Lambah were negotiating the details for a visit to Pakistan by the Indian Prime Minister during which, they hoped, the principles underlying the Kashmir agreement would be announced and talks aimed at implementation would be inaugurated.
After three years as prime minister, during which Mr. Netanyahu garnered an international reputation as an obstacle to peacemaking, he was nonetheless brought down by his own rightist coalition for making an interim peace deal with the Palestinians in late 1998.
Mr. Moussa, 75, spent a decade in the 1990s as Mr. Mubarak's foreign minister, during which he conducted a legendary televised debate with his Israeli counterpart that made him a national hero.
Her cabinet post also covers local government and public services, and Ms Essex has also served as the assembly's environment, transport and planning minister, during which time she launched a scheme to give free bus passes to older and disabled people.
He will then hold talks with David Cameron, the French president, François Hollande, German chancellor Angela Merkel, and Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, during which they will discuss the next phase of the war against Islamic State and the unfolding chaos in Libya.
