CAIRO, June 09, 2008, (WAFA)-President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday in Cairo with Egyptian President Husni Mubarak.

The two leaders discussed the calm in the Gaza Strip and President's Abbas initiative on national dialogue.

The meeting also tackled the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, exerted efforts to push the peace process forward, consolidating the unity of the Palestinian people and Egypt's efforts to achieve calm between the Palestinians and Israelis to lift suffering and siege imposed on the Palestinian people.

President updated his counter[art on the outcome of the last week meeting with the Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and the initiative of the comprehensive national dialogue to end division and strengthen the national unity.