France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a ministerial meeting on the implementation of the Middle East peace plan, at France's Foreign Ministry, in Paris, on October 9, 2025. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Egypt on Monday, October 13, to back the Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and to discuss implementation of its next phases, the Elysée Palace said. The French presidency did not say whether Macron would be meeting with US President Donald Trump, who may also go to Egypt and who brokered the deal agreed by Israel and Hamas.
Macron will go to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt's Red Sea resort town, which hosted the indirect talks that resulted in the Gaza deal. There, he will hold discussions "with partners on the next steps of the peace plan's implementation," the Elysée said.
It added that Macron's trip was a continuation of a French-Saudi initiative to foster peace and security in the Middle East, based on "the two-state solution" of Israeli and Palestinian states coexisting.
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