Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discussed with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Saturday the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and Egyptian efforts to achieve a ceasefire there.

This came during a phone call Sisi received from Macron, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency, published on its Facebook page.

The statement said that the call addressed "developments in the Gaza Strip, where Egyptian efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Strip were reviewed."

He added that both sides "were keen to emphasize the importance of restoring calm through an immediate ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian aid, and they emphasized the importance of the two-state solution as the only guarantee for achieving lasting peace in the region."

Since resuming its genocide in Gaza on March 18, Israel has killed 1,309 Palestinians and injured 3,184 others, most of them children and women, as of Saturday, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

On March 18, Israel reneged on the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in effect since January 19, and resumed its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

With full American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 165,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.

The Egyptian presidency's statement indicated that Macron's call with Sisi "discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them, as part of preparations for the French president's upcoming visit to Egypt (a date has not been specified)."

He added that "the most important cooperation topics raised during the visit were discussed, as well as prospects for enhancing them in a manner consistent with the interests of the two friendly countries, including the possibility of holding a tripartite Egyptian-French-Jordanian summit in Cairo during the French president's visit to Egypt," without providing further details.