New Delhi, Nov 16 : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will arrive in New Delhi today on a four-day visit to India.

Mubarak will be visiting India after 25 years. He last came here in 1983 on a state visit.

On Tuesday, President Mubarak will be presented the Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding, which was conferred on him for the year 1995.

The focus of Mubarak’s visit will be on intensifying strategic and economic cooperation between India and Egypt, old friends and founders of non-aligned movement and South-South cooperation.

New Delhi  - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was scheduled to arrive in India Sunday on a four-day state visit aimed at strengthening strategic and economic cooperation, Indian diplomatic officials said.

It would be Mubarak's first trip to India in 25 years. He was to be accompanied by a large delegation including five senior ministers and leading businessmen.

The Egyptian leader is scheduled to meet Indian President Pratibha Patil and hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a Ministry of External Affairs release said.

Cairo  - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak headed on a brief trip to South Africa and Uganda to discuss economic cooperation with those two countries, Cairo airport sources said on Monday.

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt  - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are holding talks Sunday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh ahead of a meeting of Palestinia

Nicosia, March 20: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing clashes and widespread discontent in the poorer neighbourhoods over the price of bread, has ordered the army bakeries to supply bread to the commercial market to stem shortages caused by corruption and rising international wheat prices.

Millions of Egyptians, who live below the poverty line, survive on subsidized bread, which is 12 times less expensive than that sold at commercial bakeries.

With the rising wheat prices, which have tripled since last summer, many people find it impossible to buy bread from commercial bakeries.