LONDON: Egypt’s president received a call from French president Emmanuel Macron during which they discussed regional issues, the spokesman of the Egyptian presidency reported on Friday.
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Macron discussed talks between rival Libyan administrations that took place in Morocco this week.
The two presidents said they support a political solution to the Libyan crisis that is free from foreign interventions and armed militias.
They also welcomed any “positive steps within the framework of constructive international efforts that seek to achieve peace in Libya, including the Cairo Declaration.”
Delegates in Morocco’s coastal town of Bouznika agreed to pause peace talks on Thursday and resume discussions during the last week of September after agreeing on criteria for appointments to their country’s key institutions.
El-Sisi and Macron added that coordination between the two countries should be intensified to support Lebanon overcome the repercussions of the Beirut explosion.
They also agreed that the resumption of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis should be encouraged to achieve a settlement of the Palestinian issue in accordance with international resolutions.
Egypt's El-Sisi and France's Macron discuss Libya in phone call
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Egypt's El-Sisi and France's Macron discuss Libya in phone call
- The two presidents said they support a political solution to the Libyan crisis that is free from foreign interventions and armed militias
- El-Sisi and Macron added that coordination between the two countries should be intensified to support Lebanon
Israel agrees to ‘limited reopening’ of Rafah crossing: PM’s office
- The announcement came after visiting US envoys reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza
JERUSALEM: Israel said Monday it would allow a “limited reopening” of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt once it had recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory.
The announcement came after visiting US envoys reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza.
Reopening Rafah forms part of a Gaza truce framework announced by US President Donald Trump in October, but the crossing has remained closed after Israeli forces took control of it during the war.
The Israeli military also said it was searching a cemetery in the Gaza Strip on Sunday for the remains of the last hostage, Ran Gvili, a non-commissioned officer in the police’s elite Yassam unit.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the reopening would depend on “the return of all living hostages and a 100 percent effort by Hamas to locate and return all deceased hostages,” Netanyahu’s office said on X.
It said Israel’s military was “currently conducting a focused operation to exhaust all of the intelligence that has been gathered in the effort to locate and return” Gvili’s body.
“Upon completion of this operation, and in accordance with what has been agreed upon with the US, Israel will open the Rafah Crossing,” it said.
