21.   The committee first convened two and-a-half years ago when Greece looked certain to join the European Union countries participating in the single currency club.

22.   Yasser Arafat has proposed a compromise by which the PLO executive committee would convene to reaffirm its decision amending the charter.

23.   According to Arab diplomatic sources in the Jordanian capital the committee would convene for the first time on Monday.

24.   No date has been set for the committee to convene.

25.   Peres was to meet Mussa before the committee convened and hold talks with President Hosni Mubarak on Monday.

26.   The new committee will then convene every three weeks in each of the three countries and the Palestinian self-rule areas, at the level of high-ranking officials and ministers.