Mubarak confers with Maltese FM

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday received Malta's deputy premier and foreign minister, Guido De Marco. Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa attended the meeting.

On Saturday the Maltese minister and Moussa signed three agreements in the areas of culture, investment and prevention of double-taxation.

In a joint press conference, the two ministers underlined the importance of stability in the Middle East and the establishment of a just and comprehensive peace that provides for ensuring the rights of all sides concerned according to international legitimacy and the Middle East peace process terms of reference.

The two ministers also stressed the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on their own national soil.