Egyptian-Bahraini summit in Sharm el-Sheikh today

An Egyptian-Bahraini summit between President Hosni Mubarak and Bahrain's King Hamed Bin Eissa Al-Khalifa convenes today in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.

The talks will dwell on the bilateral relations, regional and international issues, atop of which the peace process in the Middle East as well as conditions in Iraq, Lebanon and issues of common interests. Meantime, the Bahraini Monarch's media advisor Nabil Yacoub said in statements to Al-Ahram daily that the summit is aimed at forging an Arab Gulf vision on the future issues, noting that the Arab right must be restored by peaceful ways, and that the Arab states should be keen on development, reform and economic growth.