by TOI News Staff at AFP at The Times of Israel
Trio at Cairo summit also urge resumption of humanitarian aid in call with US president; joint statement backs PA control of Strip after war, rebuffs plan to displace Gazans
The leaders of Egypt, France, and Jordan urged US President Donald Trump in a joint phone call Monday to secure an end to the war in Gaza , as the White House hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for lightning talks.
The call, which came hours before Trump said in an Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu that the war in Gaza would end soon, was organized by French President Emmanuel Macron, who was in Cairo for a tripartite meeting with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah.
In the call, the leaders discussed “ways to urgently secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip,” and stressed the need to resume full delivery of humanitarian aid and “the release of all the hostages and detainees,” according to a French readout.
The trio “emphasize[d] the need to create conducive conditions for a genuine political horizon and mobilize international efforts to end the suffering of the Palestinian people, restore security and peace for all, and implement the two-state solution,” it said.
The Elysee Palace said the call…
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