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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Egypt defense minister to visit Ramallah — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgyptian Defense Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Ramallah on Wednesday and meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Sky News in Arabic reports.
The visit will mark the highest level visit by an Egyptian official in years, and comes as Cairo has redoubled efforts to push for peace talks based on the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002.
According to the report, Shoukry will deliver a message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi to Abbas.
There is no official confirmation of the report.
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