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us secretary of state antony blinken visited egypt from the 18th to the 19th. this was blinken's tenth visit to the middle east since the outbreak of a new round of israeli-palestinian conflict in october last year, and it was also the first time that he excluded israel from his middle east itinerary. analysts pointed out that blinken's visit came at a time when a communications equipment explosion occurred in lebanon and the situation in the middle east continued to escalate. his purpose was to win egypt's support for the ceasefire negotiations in gaza, but the results expected by the us side were not achieved. in addition, blinken's absence from israel also reflects the reality that the negotiations have reached a deadlock.

the us's intention to win egypt's support was not achieved

the egyptian presidential palace issued a statement on the 18th saying that egyptian president sisi discussed with visiting blinken on the same day how to strengthen cooperation between egypt, qatar and the united states in promoting ceasefire negotiations in gaza, exchanging detained persons and delivering humanitarian aid. both sides agreed that the "two-state solution" is still the way to achieve lasting peace and security in the region.

egyptian foreign and immigration minister abdel ati later held a joint press conference with blinken and reiterated that egypt does not accept the deployment of any military forces on the palestinian side of the rafah crossing and the "philadelphia corridor".