Egypt and Jordan discuss "Arab differences"

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: President Hosni Mubarak met Jordanian King Abdullah II on Sunday to discuss certain Arab differences and Cairo s efforts to resolve them, in reference to recent tensions between Amman and Damascus. The two leaders met in Sharm El-Sheikh, where Mubarak is due to meet his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad on Tuesday, official sources said. In remarks to Akhbar Al-Youm Saturday, Mubarak said the summits were aimed at sorting out differences between Syria and Jordan. In April, the Jordanian government announced the arrest of an undisclosed number of members of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, who it said received orders from a leader based in Syria to carry out attacks on officials in the kingdom. Syria denied the accusations. At the Red Sea resort, Mubarak and Abdullah also discussed the Palestinian question and how to push forward the inter-Palestinian dialogue. In recent weeks, repeated deadly clashes have erupted between Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas once dominant Fatah movement and the Islamic militant group Hamas that now heads the government. On Saturday, Abbas met with Mubarak in Cairo before heading to Amman to meet with Abdullah. AFP