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Egypt Expects U.S. to Present Middle East Peace Plan Next Month
[Bloomberg] Edwin Chen and Janine Zacharia - Egypt expects the U.S. to present a plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks next month. President Obama told Egyptian President Mubarak in a White House meeting Tuesday that he hopes "there will be a final blueprint to be declared" next month, said Soliman Awaad, Mubarak's spokesman. Awaad said Obama indicated the U.S. would offer a plan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York or the summit of the Group of 20 nations in Pittsburgh, both during the third week in September. U.S. Middle East envoy Mitchell will meet Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu next week to work on the plan, Awaad said. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs quickly played down Egypt's expectation of a formal U.S. peace proposal. "We hope to continue to make progress, but I don't know of any specific plan," Gibbs said.