William Burns
Sisi and Burns discussed avenues to advance negotiations towards achieving ceasefire agreements and facilitating a prisoner exchange in Gaza.
According to Israeli news website Ynet, Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Burns will head their respective delegations in the talks in Doha.
The aim of the meeting, as reported by Axios on Friday, is to chart a course towards a truce agreement for the war in Gaza, which broke out on 7 October after Hamas fighters attacked Israeli cities and took dozens of captives.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abbas Kamel, head of General Intelligence, received on Tuesday William Burns, head of the US Central Intelligence Agency, and his accompanying delegation.
Negotiators from Egypt, Qatar, the United States, and Israel are set to convene for their fourth meeting in Doha in the coming days, aiming to achieve a prisoner swap deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, as reported by Al Qahera News, citing knowledgeable sources.
