(ANSAmed) - CAIRO - If it is true that the peace process in the Middle East ''has not shown any progress, it is also true that there have been no steps backwards, and therefore it is necessary to keep expectations high'', stressed Spanish Premier, Jose' Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, at the end of a meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif during his visit today in Cairo. ''Later I will speak with President Mubarak'', he continued, ''to re-launch negotiations and the peace process. We must work together''. Zapatero spoke with journalists, together with Nazif, at the end of an enlarged bilateral meeting between the two governments, including the participation of the Egyptian ministers of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Energy and Construction. In the meeting with Mubarak the Spanish Premier should address general political issues regarding the region. There is also a meeting scheduled with the head of the Arab League Amr Mussa. (ANSAmed).