Mubarak presides over ministerial meeting to discuss Syrian-Turkish crisis

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak presided over a ministerial meeting during which the crisis between Turkey and Syria was reviewed. Also reviewed were the continued efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to all unresolved problems between the two countries.

The meeting, attended by Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri, Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi, and the ministers of foreign affairs, information and the minister of the interior.

Following the meeting, Information Minister Safwat al-Sharif said that President Mubarak stressed Egypt's emphasis on stablized relations between Turkey and Syria to ensure the region's security and stability.

Al-Sharif noted that President Mubarak asserted that the realization of just and comprehensive peace requires the implementation of UN Security Council that resolutions providing for Israel's withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories.