PM SHARON TALKS WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Monday, 31 May, 2004

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon received a telephone call this afternoon
(Monday), 31.5.04, from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak; the two discussed
bilateral cooperation. Egyptian President Mubarak reiterated his support
for the disengagement plan and stressed his willingness to assist in
advancing it. The two men agreed to establish a joint committee to deal
with various bilateral issues and that Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom would
go to Egypt on Thursday, 3.6.04, to meet with President Mubarak, in order to
move forward on this subject.