The U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, Martin Indyk, would not comment on the state of the current American meditation effort to move the stalled peace process forward. Indyk, who arrived in Israel over the weekend with U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross, spoke with reporters after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Mubarak also held talks at his palace with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but neither of the leaders spoke to reporters after their meeting.
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