Palestine’s Abbas due to meet Egyptian president Sisi in Cairo

Published May 28th, 2016 - 08:46 GMT
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) meets Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Cairo on May 9, 2016. (AFP/File)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) meets Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Cairo on May 9, 2016. (AFP/File)

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will meet his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, in Cairo on Saturday, the Palestinian ambassador to Cairo announced on Friday.

Ambassador Gamal El-Shobky said that the two presidents would discuss the latest regional developments, including the French initiative for a Palestinian-Israeli peace conference and the upcoming international support group for peace negotiations in Paris on Friday 3 June.

Egypt will participate in the group supporting peace negotiations.