Cairo - Ma'an - Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the head of the Palestinian National Initiative and an independent member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, is in Cairo on a two-day visit to discuss ways for Egypt to support Palestinian unity and to strengthen the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
Dr. Barghouthi, who has been acting as the main mediator between the Palestinian presidency and government in the recent dialogue over forming a national unity government, has met with the Egyptian minister of intelligence, Omar Suleiman, and the Arab League secretary-general, Amr Moussa, as part of his visit.
Barghouthi also discussed with the Egyptians the issue of a prisoners' exchange deal, which Egypt has been playing a significant role in carrying out, and the proposed Palestinian national unity government.