Cairo- Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak met Thursday with Palestinian
President  in Cairo, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

The
two reportedly discussed the Arab-Israeli peace process in light of the
new Israeli government, the current state of negotiations aimed at
forming a Palestinian "national unity" government, and the
reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following Israel's offensive there in
December and January.

Egyptian intelligence officials have been
brokering talks between rival Palestinian factions, notably Abbas'
Fatah faction, which controls the West Bank, and Hamas, which controls
the Gaza Strip, for months.

On Tuesday, Abbas sent envoys to
Gaza for the first time since Hamas took power there two years ago,
after a third round of Egyptian-brokered talks ended last week without
an agreement. (dpa)