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(IsraelNN.com) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak declared his support Sunday for the Palestinian Authority in its talks with Israel over a final status agreement. Mubarak said in his speech to the World Economic Forum at the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh that Arab nations would not sign on to any agreement that does not meet the criteria set by the PA. 

"Those who think we will support an agreement that does not fulfill the Palestinians' demands are wrong," said Mubarak in his speech. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were both in attendance at the conference.