President Barack Obama's May 26 meeting with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak has been canceled, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced Wednesday, CNN reported.
Mubarak canceled the visit due to the death of his grandson in the last 24 hours, Gibbs said.
The Egyptian leader had been scheduled to meet with Obama in Washington.
Obama and Mubarak are still planning to meet when Obama delivers a long-awaited address on relations between the United States and the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt, on June 4, Gibbs added.
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