Bennett meets Sisi in first Egypt visit by an Israeli PM since 2011
The visit comes following talks held earlier this month in Cairo with the King of Jordan
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet on Monday for talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, a seaside town on the Sinai Peninsula.
The visit marks the first time an Israeli prime minister has traveled to the country in more than ten years.
Bennett called the meeting "important and very good" upon his return to Israel, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, adding that the two leaders "created an infrastructure for a deep connection to the way forward."
Their discussion was to focus on "efforts to relaunch the peace process" between Israelis and Palestinians, according to a press release from presidential spokesman Bassam Radi.
The meeting came hours after the reopening of the Taba crossing point between Israel and Sinai with no limit on the number of entry permits.
Israel has also reduced its security advisory for travelers to the country for the first time in years, a decision taken after Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel visited Israel for high-level talks on the Gaza Strip.
The visit took place following talks held earlier this month in Cairo with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, and the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, where discussions focused on relaunching the peace process in the Middle East.
The parties also touched on ways to strengthen the ceasefire that ended last May's conflict between Israel and Hamas.
The last meeting between an Egyptian president and an Israeli prime minister took place in January 2011, when the late Hosni Mubarak received then Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.