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Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and U.S. President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, mentioned efforts to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza on Wednesday.
They reviewed the joint efforts by the three guarantor events ( Egypt, the US, and Qatar) to safe a ceasefire in Gaza by intensifying stress to achieve a deal as quickly as doable.
During the decision, Abdelatty make clear the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza attributable to the flagrant Israeli violations and hunger insurance policies towards the Palestinians within the strip.
He additionally highlighted Egypt’s efforts to facilitate the swift resumption of Iranian talks on its nuclear programme, each with the US and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Egyptian FM’s name got here throughout his go to to Washington, DC, following participation within the UN international conference on the two-state resolution in New York.
The name additionally comes amid an anticipated go to by the US envoy to Israel.
Since Israel launched its genocidal battle on Gaza in October 2023, Egypt has been actively mediating ceasefire efforts to halt the lethal battle and finish the humanitarian struggling of the Palestinian folks within the besieged strip.
On Friday, Cairo and Doha mentioned in a joint assertion that they’re continuing to mediate efforts to halt the battle in Gaza, finish humanitarian struggling, and facilitate a captive-prisoner change.
The Egyptian-Qatari affirmation got here lower than 24 hours after the US and Israel withdrew from oblique Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Doha.
