Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's national security advisor, Jibril Al-Rajoub, arrived here on Sunday for talks over a promised Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to evacuate all 21 Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and four other isolated enclaves in the northern West Bank by the end of next year and withdraw troops.

Fearing that post-pullback vacuum could lead to chaos in the Gaza Strip, Egypt has offered to send 150 to 200 officers and security experts on a six-month mission to help train a 30,000-strong Palestinian security force.

It has also voiced its willingness to increase the number of its troops on the border with the Palestinian territory.

Source: Xinhua