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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday at the start of a regional tour to push for a much awaited Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
In closed-door talks also attended by Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas
Kamel, Sisi and Blinken discussed "joint efforts to reach a ceasefire and
hostage-prisoner exchange" deal, according to a statement from the presidency.
Egypt, the first Arab state to recognize Israel and sign a peace treaty
with it in 1979, has along with the US and Qatar been engaged in mediation
efforts between Hamas and Israel that have repeatedly floundered.
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