The Egyptian foreign minister, Amr Musa, says he's not satisfied with the present situation in the Middle East peace process and will again examine it very closely.

He will be joined in Cairo later today Sunday by his Israeli counterpart, David Levy, and the Jordanian foreign minister, Ilah Katib, together with the Palestinian planning minister, Nabil Shaath, for the first session in four years of the committee set up to consider the issue of Palestinian refugees.

The BBC Middle East Correspondent says Mr Levy's visit to Egypt is itself seen as a positive sign, as both Israelis and Arabs have long looked to President Mubarak to help them break deadlocked talks. The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, is to have talks with King Abdullah of Jordan a day after Palestinian officials were in Amman to set out their position.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service