Mr Mubarak, right, speaks with the director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, next to Mr Berlusconi, during their visit at the Egyptian Academy in Rome. AFP
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reviews a detachment of Italian soldiers in Nasiriyah, Iraq, in April 2004 during a surprise visit to Italian troops. AFP
Mr Berlusconi, centre, stands solemnly after laying a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem in 2010. AFP
Mr Berlusconi, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Bethlehem in February 2010. AFP
Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, welcomes Mr Berlusconi for a two-day visit aimed at boosting economic ties between the two countries, in June 2002. AFP
Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, laughs as he listens to Mr Berlusconi during their meeting at the royal palace in Amman, in June 2003. AFP
Mr Berlusconi is welcomed by former Tunisian presidential adviser Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, right, in Tunis in November 2001. It was his first official visit to a Muslim country after he said the West 'should be confident of the superiority of our civilization'. AFP
Mr Berlusconi, left, is greeted during a stopover at Kuwait airport in April 2004 after visiting Italian troops at their base in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. AFP
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak shakes hands with Mr Berlusconi in Cairo in June 2003. Mr Berlusconi urged Israel to show 'greater wisdom' after its failed attempt to assassinate a radical Palestinian leader. AFP
Mr Berlusconi meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the Islamist-based party set to form a new government in in Turkey, during his visit to Rome in November 2002. AFP
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali greets Mr Berlusconi at the presidential palace in Tunis in November 2001. AFP
Mr Berlusconi welcomes Jordan's King Abdullah in Rome in October 2001. AFP
Former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi meets Mr Berlusconi in a tent in Sirte in June 2008. Mr Berlusconi was seeking a deal to stop thousands of illegal immigrants from reaching Italian shores. AFP
The late Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz decorates Mr Berlusconi with the King Abdul Aziz medal during a meeting in Jeddah in November 2009. AFP
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali greets Mr Berlusconi on his arrival in August 2009 at the presidential palace in Tunis. AFP
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Mr Berlusconi, left, and director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Wafaa Elsaddik visit the Egyptian Academy in Rome, in September 2010. AFP
Mr Mubarak, right, speaks with the director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, next to Mr Berlusconi, during their visit at the Egyptian Academy in Rome. AFP
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reviews a detachment of Italian soldiers in Nasiriyah, Iraq, in April 2004 during a surprise visit to Italian troops. AFP
Mr Berlusconi, centre, stands solemnly after laying a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem in 2010. AFP
Mr Berlusconi, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Bethlehem in February 2010. AFP
Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, welcomes Mr Berlusconi for a two-day visit aimed at boosting economic ties between the two countries, in June 2002. AFP
Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, laughs as he listens to Mr Berlusconi during their meeting at the royal palace in Amman, in June 2003. AFP
Mr Berlusconi is welcomed by former Tunisian presidential adviser Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, right, in Tunis in November 2001. It was his first official visit to a Muslim country after he said the West 'should be confident of the superiority of our civilization'. AFP
Mr Berlusconi, left, is greeted during a stopover at Kuwait airport in April 2004 after visiting Italian troops at their base in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. AFP
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak shakes hands with Mr Berlusconi in Cairo in June 2003. Mr Berlusconi urged Israel to show 'greater wisdom' after its failed attempt to assassinate a radical Palestinian leader. AFP
Mr Berlusconi meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the Islamist-based party set to form a new government in in Turkey, during his visit to Rome in November 2002. AFP
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali greets Mr Berlusconi at the presidential palace in Tunis in November 2001. AFP
Mr Berlusconi welcomes Jordan's King Abdullah in Rome in October 2001. AFP
Former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi meets Mr Berlusconi in a tent in Sirte in June 2008. Mr Berlusconi was seeking a deal to stop thousands of illegal immigrants from reaching Italian shores. AFP
The late Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz decorates Mr Berlusconi with the King Abdul Aziz medal during a meeting in Jeddah in November 2009. AFP
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali greets Mr Berlusconi on his arrival in August 2009 at the presidential palace in Tunis. AFP
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Mr Berlusconi, left, and director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Wafaa Elsaddik visit the Egyptian Academy in Rome, in September 2010. AFP
Mr Mubarak, right, speaks with the director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, next to Mr Berlusconi, during their visit at the Egyptian Academy in Rome. AFP
