Mubarak holds talks with King of Bahrain

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held a session of talks on Thursday with King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, who arrived in Sharm Al-Sheikh early Thursday.

The talks dealt with the latest developments in the region and the outcome of the Arab summit resolutions which wrapped up in Beirut yesterday. Bahrain will host the coming Arab summit to open in March next year.

"Talks held between President Mubarak and King of Bahrain gave support to the resolutions issued by the Arab summit which wrapped up in Beirut on Thursday," said Minster of Information Safwat Al-Sherif.

He added in a briefing to the media that the two leaders had expressed support to the Beirut summit's resolution of the Arab peace initiative on Middle East peace.

"The Egyptian-Bahraini summit also stressed the importance of activating the mechanism recommended by the Arab summit for drumming up an international support to achieve progress and stability in the Middle East," he added.

President Mubarak will hold further talks on Friday with King of Bahrain who is expected to leave Egypt on Saturday.