Mubarak, Ben Ali review means of regaining Palestinian rights

Information Minister Safwat AL Sherif stressed on Monday the importance of President Mubarak's current visit to Tunisia.

The visit interprets Mubarak's keenness consultations with Arab leaders, Sherif said, Mubarak's visit to Tunisia followed his visits to Arabia and Oman.

"President Mubarak meets with President Zine AL Abidine Bin Ali at a crucial stage of the Middle East peace process, to tackle the deteriorating conditions in the Palestinian areas and means to back the Intifada for the sake of regaining the Palestinian rights," Al Sherif said.

Presidents Mubarak and Zine AL abidine ascertained the right of the Palestinian people to establishing their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The two leaders held a tete-a-tete meeting at the Tunis airport lounge following the arrival of President Mubarak in the Tunisian capital Monday evening.

AL Sherif said the Egyptian and Tunisian Presidents reviewed the future of the peace process and Arab efforts to bring it back to its natural course.

He said the talks of the two Presidents dwelt on the coming pan-Arab summit that will take place in the Jordanian capital in March.

Also, their discussions focused on inter-Arab coordination and joint Arab action on political and economic issues raised on the coming summit's agenda, he added.

Sherif said the Egyptian-Tunisian summit covers means of boosting bilateral relations and activating economic and technical cooperation as well as the joint higher committee.