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The European Union’s top diplomat leaves on a multi-day trip to the Middle East on Sunday to campaign for a ceasefire, with stops in Egypt and Lebanon – but not Israel. Josep Borrell plans to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi in Cairo on Monday and also visit the Rafah border crossing to the Gaza Strip, according to the EU Foreign Service office in Brussels. A meeting with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the United States, is “high on the agenda,” his office said. On Tuesday, Borrell plans to meet Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Atty and take part in a meeting of the Arab …

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