Mubarak, Blair Discuss Mideast Situation Over Phone

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Mubarak, Blair Discuss Mideast Situation Over Phone

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday held phone talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the worsening situation in the Mideast region.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday held phone talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the worsening situation in the Mideast region.

The phone talks touched upon the importance of efforts made by Britain and the European Union (to defuse the Mideast tension), as well as a role played by the United States (in this regard),

especially in the light of U.S. President George W. Bush's call for containing the Mideast situation, Egypt's official MENA news agency said.

The Mubarak-Blair talks were part of diplomatic and political contacts by Mubarak to break the cycle of violence and halt the Israeli aggression on the Palestinians, MENA said.

On Thursday, Bush said in Washington that he will send Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East for a new push to end the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In the Egyptian capital, Mubarak on Thursday accused Israel of taking advantage of the current campaign against terrorism to brand as terrorism the Palestinians' legitimate resistance against the

Israeli occupation.

"What Israel has been conducting has violated all international legitimacy resolutions and breached all agreements reached with the Palestinian National Authority ... all these raised a question about Israel's intention on the (Mideast) peace process," Mubarak said in a televised national speech on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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