Mubarak confers with Kuwaiti foreign minister

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday in Cairo received Kuwait's deputy premier and foreign minister, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Egypt's foreign minister, Amr Moussa, attended the meeting. The two sides discussed results of the meetings of the Egyptian- Kuwaiti joint committee, chaired by al-Sabah and Moussa.

They also discussed the Middle East peace process and the recession taking place in this regard, especially in light of the recent Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its infrastructure. They stressed the need to back Lebanon by all available means.