Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will receive his American counterpart Antony Blinken in Cairo on Monday to discuss the latest regional developments, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Sunday.
A session of discussion will be held between the two ministers and then to be followed by a joint press conference.
Blikin's visit came just a few days after a Palestinian gunman on Friday killed seven people outside a synagogue in a settler neighborhood of east Jerusalem.
The American high-ranking figure arrived earlier Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to peg down Israeli-Palestinian tensions, according to the State Department of the US.
During his visit to Egypt, Blinken will discuss a number of crucial regional issues such as Libya and Sudan during his meeting with Egyptian officials, the State Department of the US noted.
The US Secretary of State will also meet with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and other senior Egyptian officials to advance the U.S.-Egypt strategic partnership and promote peace and security in the region, including through shared support for elections in Libya and the ongoing Sudanese-led political process.
The State Department also mentioned that Blinken would also call for the preservation of the status quo at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which is holy both to Jews and Muslims.
Blinken will also pay a visit on January 30-31 to Jerusalem and Ramallah after his stop in Cairo.
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