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Mitchell meets Mubarak, reiterates US commitment to two-state solution

Mitchell meets Mubarak,

US Mideast envoy George Mitchell met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo Thursday afternoon, according to a Reuters report. The meeting came as part of a US effort to restart Arab-Israeli peace negotiations. Mitchell also met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Egyptian and intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, after which he told reporters, "We reiterated the shared commitment of the United States and Egypt to comprehensive peace in the Middle East including an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution."