CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met the prime minister and four other ministers on Thursday, his first such gathering since he returned to Egypt from surgery in Germany last month, the cabinet spokesman said.

"This is the first official meeting with a group of ministers," spokesman Magdy Rady told Reuters, adding that the meeting had started at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT).

He said Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and four other ministers were attending the meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, but did not give details of what was being discussed. He said it was not a full cabinet meeting.

Mubarak, 81 and in power since 1981, handed over presidential powers to the prime minister just before his operation on March 6 and reassumed them upon his return to Egypt.