Alexandria, Egypt White House Statement Following a Meeting Between President Carter and President Sadat.

President Sadat and President Carter continued their discussions. of the peace process and other matters of mutual interest. The discussions lasted from about 7:05 p.m. until 8 p.m. and were conducted in the atmosphere of friendship and candor.

Participants in the meeting were:

On the American side:

President Carter

Secretary of State Cyrus Vance

Secretary of Defense Harold Brown

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Harold Saunders, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Ambassador Herman Eilts Ambassador at Large Roy Atherton Bill Quandt, NSC staff

On the Egyptian side:

President Sadat

Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil

Vice President Husni Mubarak

General Hassan Ali, Defense Minister

Ahmed al-Sayegh, Economics Minister

Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal

Hassan Kamel, Chief of Protocol Butrus Ghali,

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Secretary Vance and Prime Minister Khalil met this afternoon from 3: 30 until 5 p.m. at the Palestine Hotel. Their discussions focused on the unresolved issues in the peace treaty negotiations.

The two Presidents will attend a working luncheon tomorrow at Mena House, near Cairo, to be followed by additional discussions.

President Carter will depart Egypt for Israel tomorrow evening.