"Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi will hold talks in Cairo on Sunday," RIA Novosti quoted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's press service as saying.

This is the first visit by an Israeli senior official to Egypt since the Cairo-mediated ceasefire in the Gaza Strip came into effect.

Earlier it was reported that US President Joe Biden and Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed the current situation in the Gaza Strip during telephone conversations.