Trump says he could visit Middle East as negotiators work on Gaza deal

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U.S. President Donald Trump says he may travel to the Middle East this weekend as talks continue on a potential deal to end the war in Gaza.

“They’re doing very well. We have a great team over there, great negotiators, and unfortunately great negotiators on the other side also,” Trump said, adding he had spoken with his team before attending an event.

“It’s something I think that will happen, got a good chance of happening. I may go there sometime toward the end of the week, maybe on Sunday. Actually, and we’ll see, but there’s a very good chance that negotiations are going along very well,” he added. Trump said he would leave either Saturday or Sunday but did not specify which country he might visit.

Negotiators are meeting in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to finalize an agreement that could lead to the release of hostages from Gaza and an end to the fighting in the besieged strip.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump could “potentially” travel to the Middle East if a deal is reached, but warned that previous talks have collapsed, and progress cannot yet be guaranteed. Rubio said, “Good progress has been made today, events are moving in a good direction, but there’s still some work to be done.”

A White House official told that as of now there are no concrete plans for Trump to travel to Egypt, but noted, “anything is possible.”

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