Frances Macron In Egypt To Meet Sisi: AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cairo on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent reported, for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the latest leg of a whistlestop crisis tour
Cairo, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 25th Oct, 2023) French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cairo on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent reported, for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the latest leg of a whistlestop crisis tour.
Macron on Tuesday also visited the occupied West Bank for talks with Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority.
In Amman, he met King Abdullah II, who stressed that “stopping the war on Gaza is an absolute necessity, and the world must move immediately in this direction”, a Jordanian royal court statement said.
Arab leaders have pushed for a ceasefire and a return to a political process, echoing wider warnings of a potential regional spillover of the Israel-Hamas war.
King Abdullah warned against “the continuation of the war on the Gaza Strip, which might lead to an explosion in the situation in the region”.
Egypt and Jordan were the first two Arab states to forge relations with Israel, in 1979 and 1994 respectively, and have since played key mediator roles.
Cairo has been one of the main brokers in efforts to secure the release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
Before meeting Macron, Sisi inspected Egyptian troops and spoke in a televised address of “patience” and “wisdom”.
