Mubarak urges US to resume peace negotiations on the Syrian side

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak called on the U.S. to work to resume peace negotiations on the Syrian track from the point it stopped.

In a statement yesterday, Mubarak expressed hope that American President George W. Bush is not going to use the so called "Syria Accountability Act," asserting the importance of continuing dialogue between the two countries in away that serves security and stability in the region. Mubarak stressed that he called on President Bush to avoid using sanctions, and to adopt the language of dialogue.