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US-Egypt talks focus on Middle East

Obama, left, has met Mubarak on two previous occasions in the last three months [EPA]

Egypt's president has held talks with the US secretary of state on his first visit to Washington in five years.

Hosni Mubarak met Hillary Clinton on Monday, a day before he is due to meet Barack Obama, the US president, at the White House.

Clinton spoke with Mubarak about the Arab-Israeli peace process and Iran but also talked about Egypt's human rights record, Phillip Crowley, a US state department spokesman, said.

"We would like to see Egypt embark on a path to expand political dialogue in the country, expand political participation in the Egyptian political process. And we will continue to raise these issues with Egypt," Crowley said.

Settlements issue

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said Mubarak is expected to tell Obama that Arab states will only improve.......................
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