Russian president in Egypt for Mideast, trade talks

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Egypt on Tuesday to discuss efforts to revive Middle East

peace talks and boost the grain trade and other economic ties with Russia's biggest trading partner in the Arab world.

"Talks will specifically focus on exchanging views on the Middle East, primarily on the Arab-Israeli peace process," a senior Kremlin official told reporters. Egypt's state-owned Al Ahram newspaper said Medvedev and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would "Discuss efforts to revive the peace process in the Middle East and achieve a lasting peace based on two states". (Reuters)