This will be his first trip to the region since taking office.
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné will be traveling to the Middle East from February 3 to February 6, as announced by deputy spokesperson for the Quai d'Orsay Christophe Lemoine this Friday.
This trip will aim to “work for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages, and to convince people to reopen a political perspective”.
Stéphane Séjourné will travel to Egypt on February 3, to Jordan on the 4th, to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on the 5th then to Lebanon on the 6th.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs "will continue France's close coordination with its regional partners, for the implementation of the Initiative for peace and security for all of the President of the Republic" Emmanuel Macron and "will work to prevent a regional conflagration.
According to the Quai d'Orsay, Stéphane Séjourné will bring "France's solidarity with the Israelis and with the Palestinians", will once again condemn the attacks of October 7 committed by Hamas against Israel and will work "to put an end to the catastrophe that is being experienced the civilian population of Gaza.
Several French trips
Since the start of the war between Israel and the Middle East, several French political leaders have already visited the Middle East.
Emmanuel Macron at the end of October, the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu twice and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna several times as well.
“The call for de-escalation applies to everyone,” she declared at the end of December during a tour of the Middle East, a region where tensions remain high.
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Forty-two French nationals lost their lives during the October 7 attacks.
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Three French people are still held hostage in the Gaza Strip, while four others have already been released.
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