President Mubarak meets Libyan, Kuwaiti officials

In two separate meetings, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday in Cairo received the secretary of the Libyan People's General Committee for Foreign Relations (foreign minister), Omar al-Muntasir, and Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

Present at the two meetings were Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri, Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and the two countries' ambassadors in Cairo. The two ministers had earlier taken part in the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers which was held in Cairo on Sunday.

Also on Monday President Mubarak received British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Derek Fatchett. Present at the meeting were Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri, Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and the British ambassador in Cairo.

The British minister arrived in Cairo on Sunday night on a visit to Egypt in the course of his tour of the region.

Before leaving Cairo to return to Libya, al-Muntasir expressed his approval of the statement issued by the Arab states' foreign ministers regarding Iraq. He said that Libya approved of the statement, which took into consideration the proposals made by North African countries and which was adjusted.