Mubarak to meet Powell today

The Egyptian ministry of information has announced that President Hosni Mubarak will meet today noon with the US secretary of state Collin Powell in Cairo. The press conference of the ministry did not explain the content of the talks.

Meantime, the Saudi news agency said that the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on Sunday evening received a telephone call from the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat dealt with conditions in the Palestinian territories and that was prior to the arrival of the US secretary of state Colin Powell to the region.

The agency explained that the Saudi crown prince stressed to Arafat the support given by Saudi Arabia people and government to the Palestinian people and leadership.