SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Foreign ministers ofIraq's neighboring countries met Monday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh amid US and Iraqi requests for tougher border controls to stop foreign militants from infiltrating into the war-torn country.

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit, host of the meeting,and Iraqi interim Foreign Minster Hoshiar al-Zibari attended the meeting.

    The meeting came amid repeated US and Iraqi requests that Iraq'sneighboring countries should try harder to tighten their porous borders with Iraq, where the US-Iraqi forces have been struggling to bring a bloody insurgency campaign under control.

    The US military claims a large number of foreign militants have infiltrated into Iraq, exacerbating the situation in the country. Enditem