Foreign Minster Ahmed Abul-Gheit held intensive talks yesterday 22/7/2006 with French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier about the deteriorating conditions in Lebanon.

The Foreign Ministry witnessed two joint press conferences between Abul-Gheit and the two guests in which Abul-Gheit confirmed Egypt's insistence on the urgent cease fire to put an end to the current status.

Abul-Gheit also added that Egypt refuses demolishing the Lebanese infrastructure, saying that "We can not also imaging the continuous firing of missiles over the Israeli cities".

"Whatever the main cause of this crisis is, but we all witnessing the destruction of an Arab state, killing its people, a matter that is totally abandoned and must be stopped through the cease fire and switching the military actions off" Abul-Gheit said.

Abul-Gheit pointed out that the Egyptian-French parties agreed on reflecting procedures of achieving stability on a reciprocal moves represented in many ways such as; moving the Lebanese army to the south or expanding the peace-keeping troop now existing in the Lebanese-Israeli borders. Nevertheless, tackling the matter of borders, captives, and implementing 1559 resolution.

Abul-Gheit confirmed Lebanon sovereignty on its territories, adding that Egypt will take part in the Rome International Conference due to be held about Lebanon. The conference will include the USA, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Lebanon, the United Nations, the World Bank, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

On the other hand, Abul-Gheit commented on what Condoleezza Rice, the US Foreign Secretary of State had iterated about the new Mideast saying; "let's control the condition, stop fire then see how the matters develop".