President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for an emergency meeting of Arab League foreign ministers.
Abbas was greeted at Cairo airport by Egyptian minister of civil aviation Hussam Kamal and a Palestinian diplomatic delegation led by ambassador Barakat Al Farra.
He was accompanied by chief negotiator Saeb Erekat and foreign minister Riyadh Al Malki.
They were scheduled to meet Arab League secretary-general Nabli Al Arabi later Tuesday.

The Arab League called for an emergency meeting to be held last week over the crumbling Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas submitted bid for recognition in over 60 U.N. agencies (File Archive/AFP)