Egyptian officials are not keen on a joint bid proposal

The meeting, organised by the Arab Football Union (Afu),is likely to take place in Cairo on 21 July.

Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Libya presented separate bids to host the world's most prestigious football event in 2010.

Egypt ready for 2010

Afu secretary-general Othman Assad said they would try to convince the North Africans to unite behind one candidate, so that they would have a strong bid.

He added that they will also look at the chances of presenting a co-hosting bid.

But there are speculations that Afu's plan might not succeed, as the contending countries are keen to host the event in their own right.

The Asian confederation chief, Bin Hammam backs Libya's bid

South Africa and Nigeria are the other two countries bidding for the first World Cup to be staged in Africa, under the new rotational system devised by Fifa.

At the end of May, Fifa received official bid confirmations from all six African nations.

All competing countries must submit their proposals on how they plan to stage the World Cup by 30 September.

A Fifa inspection team would subsequently visit the contenders within a six-month period and submit a report to its executive committee.