From Blinken meets Sissi in Cairo for meeting focused on US-Egypt ties
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (R) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the presidential palace in Cairo on September 18, 2024 (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo for a visit billed as focused both on American-Egyptian relations and Gaza consultations with Egypt.
Unlike in recent mediating missions, America’s top diplomat this time is traveling without optimistic projections from the Biden administration of an expected breakthrough in the troubled negotiations for a potential ceasefire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.
Also unlike the earlier missions, Blinken has no public plans to go to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on this trip.
