Mubarak and Rice discuss settlement prospects, development in Iraq and reform efforts

At a 90-minute meeting, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak discussed yesterday with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice the results of her visits to Israel, Ramallah and Amman regarding the developments of the political settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, how to secure a successful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

The position in Iraq in the light of the international conference on Iraq which will be held in Brussels this month, aspects of the cooperation between Egypt and the United States especially in the economic field and the developments of the democratic reform in Egypt.