Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas talked on Wednesday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Arab League (AL) chief Amr Moussa separately to coordinate Arab stances to push forward the peace process with Israel.

Speaking at a news conference after talks with Mubarak, Abbas said his consultations with Mubarak were aimed to draw up a comprehensive Arab plan to solve all issues plaguing the Middle East.

"We prepared matters to make a harmony in the Arab situation and Jordanian King Abdullah II visited Washington recently speaking for the Arabs. We need to form an integrated Arab plan to solve the Middle East issue, not only the Palestinian issue but also all the occupations by Israel," said Abbas.

Both Abbas and Mubarak are scheduled to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington in the upcoming weeks.

Arab foreign ministers would hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to define the Arab position towards the Jewish state.

When asked to elaborate the "Arab plan" to be presented to Obama, Abbas said, "mainly the Arab Peace Initiative and the Road Map."

The Arab peace initiative calls on Israel to withdraw from all the lands it captured in the 1967 war in exchange for a full peace with all Arab states.

The territories Israel would have to cede comprises the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which would become the Palestinian state; the Golan Heights that would be returned to Syria; and a couple of small pockets of land where the borders of Syria, Israel and Lebanon meet. Additionally, Israel would have to give up control of Eastern Jerusalem, which would be most likely to become the Palestinian capital.

The Road Map plan was proposed by former US President George W. Bush in 2002 to end the chronic Israeli-Palestinian conflict and in April 2003, the United Nations adopted the long-awaited Road Map, which calls on the Palestinians to renounce violence and the Jewish state to halt its settlement on occupied lands.

But the plan was put into a standstill five months later due to violence between Israel and Palestinian militant groups.

Regarding Israel's proposal of economic peace, security cooperation, and a settlement not based on the two-state solution, Abbas said, "economic cooperation between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel is very important but not enough."

"The political talks are essential and enough," he added, affirming that these talks can not start while settlements and outposts construction continues.

As for the Palestinian reconciliation talks, he voiced support for the Egyptian efforts, hoping that it could result in a national unity government able to shoulder the responsibilities of Gaza reconstruction and hold elections before Jan. 24.

Meanwhile, Abbas also discussed the latest developments on the Palestinian arena with AL Secretary General Moussa.

Regarding an alleged plan to ask incumbent Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to form a new government that includes all Palestinian factions, Abbas said the government led by Fayyad whose resignation was not accepted would make some changes.

Also in the day, a Palestinian official said Abbas will form a new government if rival Fatah and Hamas fail to reach an agreement in the upcoming round of dialogue slated for mid May.

If the dialogue, which will convene in Cairo on May 16-19, fails, "the president will form a new government which will come up with a new strategy in dealing with Hamas and the internal Palestinian situation," said Abbas Zaki, the Palestinian ambassador to Lebanon.

Zaki said the new Palestinian government is expected to be formed prior to Abbas' visit to Washington on May 28.

Earlier reports said Abbas will ask Fayyad, who now heads a Palestinian government created in the wake of Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in 2007, to form an expanded government in the West Bank in case that Cairo dialogue fails.

During the Palestinian national dialogue, which started in March, Hamas and Fatah failed to agree on the platform of a unity government to replace the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip and the Western-backed government which is based in the West Bank.