Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to give speech on Tuesday: State TV

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will give a speech on Tuesday after at least one million people rallied across the country clamouring for him to step down, Al Arabiya television said. There was no official confirmation.

The channel also said vice-president Omar Suleiman had started meetings with representatives of parties.

It said Suleiman's office had been in contact with groups of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir square, the focal point for the demonstrations. It did not give a source.

Mubarak will say in a speech that he will step down at the next election but would stay in office till then to meet demands of protesters in that period, the channel said on Tuesday.

It did not give a source for the news.