Committee meets today on Egyptian - French peace initiative

The meeting of the Egyptian - French committee will begin today in Paris to prepare for the international conference regarding the faltering peace process at the initiative of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and French President Jacques Chirac.

Ambassador Ahmed Abu El-Gait, the assistant foreign minister, will head the Egyptian delegation.

Amr Moussa, the Egyptian foreign minister, said today that the meeting of high-ranking Egyptian and French officials in Paris comes within the consultations and steps toward activating a French - Egyptian initiative called for by Mubarak and Chirac to convene an international summit to save the Middle East peace process.

Egypt's and France's foreign ministers will discuss in New York during their meeting on the margin of the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly the recommendations of the Paris meeting.