France tries to bring ceasefire deal one step closer during talks in Cairo

France's Foreign Minister meets Egyptian counterpart in a diplomatic push for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

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00:00Mediators are one step closer to finding a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, following

00:07French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourne's meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Bader

00:12Abdelhati in Cairo, on the last leg of his regional tour.

00:17It is at the heart, once again, that my regional tour ends, after Beirut, Tel Aviv and the

00:26Palestinian territories, at each of these steps, just like you, by the way, I have exchanged

00:31with my interlocutors on the urgency of a ceasefire to put an end to the suffering of

00:37the Gazaouis, to allow the liberation of the hostages, of which two of our compatriots

00:45are still held.

00:47Cairo is set to host the next round of talks between Israel and Hamas, building on the recent

00:53meeting seen as positive in Doha, which also aims to reduce regional tension.

00:59This paper is the reference paper, the important one, there is communication with the two sides,

01:07the Israeli and the Palestinian, and if the intention is fulfilled, and if there is a

01:13political will, and I emphasize again that if there is a political will, then of course

01:19we can reach an agreement to stop the ceasefire, there are some gaps, some gaps, but we deal

01:35with them and think about how to break these gaps.

01:42Mediators said they expect to work out the details of how to implement the possible deal

01:48next week in Cairo.