Mubarak, Arafat Discuss Mideast Tension Over Phone

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Mubarak, Arafat Discuss Mideast Tension Over Phone

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday evening had phone talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the Palestinian-Israeli tensions, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday evening had phone talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the Palestinian-Israeli tensions, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

The phone conversation touched upon "Egypt's contact with concerned parties involved in the Mideast peace process," MENA said.

This was the second contact between the two men on the latest Mideast situation within 24 hours.

On Tuesday, Mubarak and Arafat discussed "the ongoing contact at Arab and international levels aimed at easing the Palestinian- Israeli tensions," MENA reported.

Wednesday's phone conversation coincided with the arrival of U. S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns, whose Mideast trip is said to focus on ways to help reform Arafat's Palestinian National Authority.

"The United States wants to create a suitable climate for the Palestinians and Israel to restart negotiations to achieve peace in the Mideast region," Burns told Xinhua in Arabic after his arrival.

"The United States also aims to help stop violence in both Palestinian territories and Israel," he added.

After meeting with Mubarak on Thursday, Burns will then travel to Israel, the Palestinian self-rule areas, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon.

Egypt, a close ally of the United States in the Mideast region and the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, has been a key player in efforts to solve the Palestinian- Israeli conflict.

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