REPORT: Egypt foreign minister talks Mideast peace in rare visit to Israel

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2016-07-10 | 05:12
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REPORT: Egypt foreign minister talks Mideast peace in rare visit to Israel
Egypt's foreign minister met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday during a rare visit to Israel aimed at reviving the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
 
Sameh Shoukry's visit to Israel -- the first by an Egyptian foreign minister in nine years -- follows a similar meeting with Palestinian officials in Ramallah on June 29.    
 
But Israeli officials have said only direct talks can end the decades-old conflict. 
 
Egypt's foreign ministry said in a statement that Shoukry's visit was part of a push by Cairo to build confidence between Israel and the Palestinians with the ultimate aim of resuming direct talks to reach a comprehensive settlement that would give the Palestinians a state and Israel security.  
 
Netanyahu announced the visit in public remarks on Sunday at the weekly meeting of his cabinet. He said he would hold two meetings during the day with Shoukry.    
 
Sisi called on Palestinians and Israelis in May to seize the opportunity to make a historic peace, offering Israel the tantalizing prospect of warmer ties should it reach a just peace.    
 
Egypt was the first of a handful of Arab countries to recognize Israel with a US-sponsored peace accord in 1979, but Egyptian attitudes to their neighbor remain icy due to what many Arabs see as the continued Israeli occupation of land that is meant to form a Palestinian state.     
 
 
REUTERS
 
 
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