Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak held talks in Cairo on Sunday on efforts to revive Middle East peace talks. Egypt's official MENA news agency said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Mubarak met Barak shortly after arriving on his visit lasting a few hours. The trip was "to discuss efforts to revive the peace process in the Middle East, the situation in the Palestinian areas and efforts exerted by Egypt to begin serious talks between the Palestinian and Israeli sides", MENA reported.