President Hosni Mubarak held talks Saturday with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed AI-Nuhayyan of the United Arab Emirates at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis.

The talks focused on the situation in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
The President further received Saudi Foreign Minister Saud AI-Faisal, who led his country's delegation to an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the Cairo-based Arab League.

President Hosni Mubarak received Saturday evening two phone calls from Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The phone conversations dwelt on the latest developments in the region in view of Israel's military escalation in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.