UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo on Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and other officials on the fighting in Gaza, his spokesman said.

 

"The (UN secretary-general) is looking forward to his meetings with President El-Sisi and the foreign minister and the secretary general of the Arab League to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza and the efforts to secure a ceasefire," Stephane Dujarric told Reuters by telephone.