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'Slow progress' in Israel-Palestinian talks - Mubarak

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has seen signs of "slow progress" in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and hopes an agreement can be reached this year, Egypt's state news agency said on Saturday.

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  • Published: 13:43 February 24, 2008
  • Gulf News

Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has seen signs of "slow progress" in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and hopes an agreement can be reached this year, Egypt's state news agency said on Saturday.

He said, "There are indications of slow progress between the two negotiating teams, but follow-up, especially from the American side, is important and necessary to overcome the difficulties facing the talks."

Mubarak travels to Saudi Arabia on Sunday for talks with King Abdullah on an Arab summit due to take place in Syria next month, his office said on Saturday.

An ally of Washington, Mubarak's country was the first in the Arab world to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, gave no details on the kind of progress being made.


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