Mubarak, Biden talk Middle East peace

Egypt: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak urged Monday US Vice President Joseph Biden for playing a more effective role to consolidate Middle East peace amid regional tension due to the Israeli attack to an aid flotilla.

Mubarak received US Vice President in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where Biden arrived Sunday accompanied by his wife, senior White House staff and National Security officials. According to official sources, Mubarak and Biden held talks about Israel’s controversial raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla which was carrying 10,000 tones humanitarian aid to Gaza last Monday.

Mubarak asked President Barack Obama for a convincing involvement in the efforts for resuming Palestinian- sraeli peace process, especially now because it is acting as mediator in the talks between the parties.

The White House obstructed in the UN Security Council the approval of a resolution that condemn its main ally in the region (Israel), what broke out strong critics in the Arabic-Islamic world.

According to the state MENA news agency, Mubarak and Biden also held talks on what measures should be implemented to lift the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip.

Mubarack ordered last Tuesday the temporary opening of the border with Gaza. Cairo, Prensa Latina