CAIRO, Feb. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Faruk al-Shareh arrived here Sunday morning for talks with Egyptian officials on the Lebanon issue, including an expected meeting with President Hosni Mubarak.

    Damascus is under intense international pressure to withdraw its forces from Lebanon in line with UN Resolution 1559 after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who was opposed to Syria's interference in Lebanon's internal affairs.

    The Lebanese opposition blamed Syrian and Lebanese authorities for the death of Hariri and urged Syrian forces to pull out before Lebanon's parliamentary elections in May.

    Egypt has sought to defuse regional tensions arising after the killing of Hariri.

    President Mubarak on Wednesday sent his entrusted intellegence chief Omar Suleiman to Damascus as part of efforts to find a solution to the problem. Enditem