France’s Macron to meet Sisi in Egypt Wednesday

AMMAN: French President Emmanuel Macron is to hold talks in Cairo later Wednesday with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Macron’s office said, on the latest leg of a whistlestop crisis tour.

Egypt has been one of the main brokers in efforts to secure the release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

French President Macron arrives in Israel on solidarity visit

Macron already met separately Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, and was due to meet King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman before leaving for Egypt.