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Egypt intensifies talks with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye to contain regional crisis

Cairo, Aug 14 (UNI) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held phone talks with his counterparts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye to discuss joint efforts to contain regional tensions, including the Sudanese crisis and the war in the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Abdelatty's separate talks with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan focused on "ways to coordinate and intensify efforts to contain the current regional tension and prevent the situation from getting out of control," according to the statement.
The talks, held on Tuesday, also touched on the ongoing regional and international mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and another in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as well as the developments in the Horn of Africa region, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
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