Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would hold talks in Egypt on Tuesday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak."I believe we have an interest in moving the peace process forward in a variety of ways," Netanyahu, announcing the visit, told reporters at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting.
Netanyahu said he had requested the meeting with Mubarak after talks that Egypt's intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, held in Israel last week.
"I intend to continue this important dialogue," the Israeli leader said.
Along with Germany, Egypt is mediating a prisoner trade between Israel and Hamas under which the Islamist group, in charge of the Gaza Strip, would release a captured Israeli soldier and Israel would free some 1,000 jailed Palestinians.
