Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas was expected to arrive in Paris on Tuesday for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Élysée Palace said on Monday.

Macron will receive the P.A. leader to discuss the “full implementation” of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the French presidency announced.

The meeting is part of the “ongoing process” after France’s recognition of “Palestine” in September and “the work undertaken to implement a plan for peace and security for all in the Middle East,” the palace said.

The announcement referred to the P.A. leader as “President of the State of Palestine” for the first time since Paris’s recognition of Palestinian statehood two months ago.

The two “will discuss the next steps of the peace plan, particularly in the areas of security, g

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