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CAIRO: The French, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers have called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza and the release of all prisoners. Speaking at a joint press conference in Cairo on Saturday, France’s top diplomat Stephane Sejourne said his government would put forward a draft resolution at the UN Security Council setting out a “political” settlement of the …

Israel urged its citizens to immediately leave Egypt and Jordan, the national security council said on Saturday as regional tensions flared over the war in Gaza. “Israel’s National Security Council raises its travel warnings for Egypt (including Sinai) and Jordan to level 4 (high threat): recommendation not to travel to these countries and for those staying there to leave… as …

CAIRO: Jordan and Egypt said Saturday they will send officials from their finance ministries to take part in an economic conference in Bahrain on a US-led Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez told AFP that Cairo will send a delegation headed by a deputy finance minister to the meeting – due to take place in Manama on …

WASHINGTON: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they will attend a US-led conference in Bahrain this month on proposals for boosting the Palestinian economy as part of a coming US peace plan, US officials said on Tuesday. Egypt and Jordan’s participation is considered especially important since historically they have been key players in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts and …