Cairo - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg arrived to Cairo Saturday for talks with Egyptian officials over possible a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Schwarzenberg, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, said the EU fully backed efforts for an immediate ceasefire in the strip.

Following his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minster Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Schwarzenberg said discussions tackled "post ceasefire plans which includes rebuilding Gaza."

Aboul Gheit said an Egyptian-EU meeting will take place by the end of this month in Brussels "to discuss the post ceasefire plans with the 27 EU foreign minsters."

Meanwhile, the Israeli security cabinet is expected to vote on a ceasefire proposal, as the military campaign has entered its fourth week and airstrikes and artillery fire continued overnight and in the morning across the Gaza Strip.

Schwarzenberg interrupted a trip as part of an EU meeting in South Africa to fly to Cairo, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said. An EU delegation led by Schwarzenberg travelled to the Middle East at the beginning of January in an attempt to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip. (dpa)