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Cairo, Sept. 19, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the Middle East peace process while the two leaders were in New York for the UN General Assembly.
It was their first public meeting since al-Sissi took office in 2014 and comes as Egypt leads reconciliation efforts between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas.
The duo discussed “efforts to resume negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis,” a statement from the Egyptian presidency said.
The Israeli daily Haaretz reported that they met for around 90 minutes on Monday and spoke about regional issues, with al-Sissi saying he would support regional and Israeli-Palestinian peace processes.
Al-Sissi and Netanyahu met in a secret meeting in Jordan in January 2016, Haaretz reported in February.
The summit is also being attended by Jordanian King Abdullah and the then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (dpa/NAN)
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Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole/Abdullahi Yusuf