Report: Egypt source denies Hezbollah officials invited to Cairo for talks

An Egyptian source has denied Tuesday's report that Egypt has invited senior Hezbollah officials for talks in Cairo, the pan-Arab al-Sharq al-Awsat reported on Wednesday.

"No such invitation was sent. This report appears to be hot air," the paper quoted the source as saying.

The source was responding to a report in the Lebanese daily paper Al Akhbar that stated that Lebanon's Labor Minister Mohammed Fneish, a member of Hezbollah, was to represent the organization.

Additionally it was reported that the invitation would officially be addressed to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, who has refrained from public appearances since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.