Clinton Meets Morsi for Peace Talks

Quest for Peace: Hillary Clinton meets Egypt?s premier Mohammed Morsi as the quest for a ceasefire in Gaza continues. Image by getty images

By Reuters November 21, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday in Cairo to discuss a possible truce in Gaza, Egypt’s official news agency reported.

Clinton travelled from Israel where she had met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Tuesday night she pledged to work for a truce “in the days ahead”.

Negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel, mediated by Egypt, have dragged on and there has been no let up in the violence.

The talks were attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and the U.S. ambassador, the news agency reported.

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