Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will probe the prospects of reviving the long-stalled Mideast peace process with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during their meeting scheduled for June 4, an Egyptian presidential spokesman said on Sunday.

The meeting, to be held in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el- Sheikh, will be the first of its kind since Olmert formed a new Israeli government on May 4.

Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awwad was quoted by Egypt's official MENA news agency as saying that the two leaders would discuss the situation on the Palestinian territories and probe the prospects of reviving the peace process.

The meeting could pave the way for a future trilateral summit also involving Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas besides Olmert and Mubarak, Awwad added.

Mubarak said on May 22 on the sidelines of a regional economic forum that he was planning to meet with Olmert in Sharm el-Sheikh.

Palestinian President Abbas held a 40-minute closed-door meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres on the fringe of the forum, the first high- level contact between the two sides since the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) won the Jan. 25 Palestinian parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, a statement from Olmert's Office said that Olmert would discuss with Mubarak his convergence plan on more withdrawals from the West Bank.

Under the plan, Israel will draw the final borders with the Palestinians by 2010 via withdrawing from isolated settlements in the West Bank and enlarging bigger ones with or without Palestinian consent.

Last week, Olmert discussed the plan with U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit to Washington.

Following talks with Mubarak, Olmert is also scheduled to visit Britain, France and German in June, said the statement, adding that a meeting is also planned with Jordanian King Abdullah II.

Olmert will not meet Abbas until the series of meetings are finished, according to the statement.

Egypt, a regional heavyweight, has long played a mediating role between the Palestinians and Israel.

Source: Xinhua