DUBAI (AFP) – U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell discussed with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahayan ways of achieving a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the official WAM news agency reported.

Mitchell's visit came as part of his second regional tour that included Israel and Jordan ahead of a donors' conference on Gaza in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.
He briefed Sheikh Mohammad on his meetings with the other parties, WAM reported.
Sheikh Mohammad said the United States, Europeans and Arabs should work together to find a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the Arab peace initiative, which offers Israel land for peace, WAM reported.
In January, Mitchell visited Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia on his first tour of the region as Obama's special envoy.
Israel and the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip fought a deadly 22-day war in December and January that took the lives of more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.