Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and U.S. Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell discussed here on Sunday efforts to attain peace between Israel and the Palestinians
During the meeting, Mitchell reviewed the outcome of his talks with officials in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan respectively over the past two days, state-run MENA news agency reported.
The two sides also addressed means of providing favorable circumstances for talks aiming to reach the two-state solution.
Following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday in Ramallah, Mitchell said that making peace in the Middle East is difficult.
Mitchell is leading indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, hoping to convince them of issues related to the borders of the future Palestinian statehood and security in the region by September.
But Mitchell and the U.S. administration are eager to let the two sides move to face-to-face negotiations even before the four- month ultimatum of the proximity talks.
