Arafat starts tomorrow Arab European tour

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will meet in Cairo on Saturday to hold talks which, according to Palestinian sources, and will deal with the Middle East peace process in light of Israeli's freezing of the implementation of agreements signed with the Palestinian government.

The two leaders will also review developments in the Arab, regional and international arenas. Arafat will review with the Egyptian president future steps and results of contacts the Palestinian government, the European Union and Russia made towards obliging Israel to implement Wye River agreement.

Arafat is to start an Arab - European tour in the coming week aimed at urging the international community to save the peace process and pressure Israel to adhere to the pledges signed in the Wye River accord.

Nabil Abu Rodina, Arafat's advisor, asked the US administration to work for Israel's commitment to respecting the ratified agreements including the decided dates, in reference to May 4 as the date for declaring the Palestinian independent state.