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Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty visited Washington this week. The Egyptian sources said one aim of his trip was to avert a potentially awkward presidential visit.

According to the Egyptian sources, it was made apparent to Abdelatty during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the displacement plan would be on the table if Sisi visited.

Abdelatty responded that such a meeting would be of no use, and that any discussion should be over Egypt's own plan for reconstruction of Gaza, the sources said. Egypt has said its plan would "ensure Palestinians remain on their land".