Topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning are continued pickups of Italy praising Egypt’s handling of the murder investigation of PhD student Giulio Regeni during Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi’s visit to Cairo.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met yesterday with Milanesi to discuss potential cooperation and investments in several sectors in Egypt, including energy, agriculture, and healthcare, according to a Cabinet statement. Milanesi, whose visit to Cairo is the first from a high-ranking Italian official since 2016, had met on Sunday with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

In a close second: Egypt and Israel have reportedly been coordinating a ceasefire agreement with Hamas without involving the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to Haaretz (paywall). The ceasefire will likely take precedence over a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation if it would improve conditions in the Gaza strip, a Hamas official says. This comes as Israeli Cabinet member Zeev Elkin says that Egypt should bear equal responsibility for Gaza’s internal economic and governance problems, and that these issues should not be solely Israel’s responsibility, according to Reuters.

Also today: Poet Galal El Beheiri’s imprisonment comes as part of “regular crackdowns on political dissidents and artistic expression,” Jennifer Hijazi writes for PBS. El Beheiri was sentenced to three years in prison over poems seen as insulting to security forces.