CAIRO – 4 March 2025: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi chaired on Tuesday the Extraordinary Arab Summit, held upon the request of Palestine in the New Administrative Capital to discuss developments of the Palestinian issue and means to support the Palestinian people.
In his opening speech President Sisi addressed the Arab leaders attending the Summit saying that: “today, we are united by a painful reality, in light of the enormous challenges facing our region, which are almost destroying regional security and stability, dissipating what remains of the foundations of Arab national security, threatening stable Arab countries, and seizing Arab lands from their owners, without any legal or religious basis.”
Aggression on Gaza
“The memory of humanity will pause for a long time, in front of what happened in Gaza, to record how humanity as a whole lost, and how the aggression on Gaza left a stigma in the history of humanity, entitled: ‘Spreading hatred, inhumanity, and the absence of justice’,” Sisi said.
He added that the fierce war on the Gaza Strip aimed to destroy aspects and means of life, and sought by force of arms to empty the Strip of its inhabitants, as if it were giving the people of Gaza a choice between certain annihilation or forced displacement, a situation of which was confronted by Egypt, based on its historical position, supporting the rights of the Palestinian people on their land.
“The determination of the Palestinian people and their persistence to stay in their land is an example of steadfastness in order to restore rights,” President Sisi said
Egypt’s keenness on Peace
President Sisi confirmed that “Egypt, which has inaugurated peace in the region since nearly five decades, and has been keen on it, knows nothing but peace based on right and justice, which protects resources, safeguards the land and preserves sovereignty.”
“This is what was stated - in an unambiguous manner - in the peace treaty concluded by Egypt in 1979 which obligated each party to respect the sovereignty of the other and the integrity of its territories...,
Out of our keenness on regional security and stability, Egypt has sought since the first day of the war on Gaza to reach a ceasefire, in cooperation with its brothers in Qatar and friends in the United States. This would not have been achieved without the appreciated efforts of President Donald Trump and his administration, which we hope will continue, with the aim of achieving a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, continuing the calm between the two sides, and giving hope to the Palestinian people to establish their independent state, for the sake of lasting peace in the region among all peoples.” President Sisi said in his speech.
The Egyptian President affirmed that Egypt also worked, in cooperation with Palestine, to form an administrative committee of independent Palestinian professionals and technocrats, entrusted with managing the Gaza Strip, based on the expertise of its members, so that this committee would be responsible for supervising the relief operations, and managing the affairs of the Strip for a temporary period, in preparation for the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Strip.
Egypt is also working on training Palestinian security cadres, who must assume the tasks of maintaining security within the Strip, during the next phase.
comprehensive plan for Gaza reconstruction
President Sisi said that Egypt, in cooperation with Palestine and international institutions, worked to formulate a ‘comprehensive and integrated plan for Gaza reconstruction without displacing Palestinians’, starting with urgent relief operations, leading to the process of rebuilding the Strip.
President Sisi called upon all countries to adopt the comprehensive plan and mobilize regional and international support for it.
Gaza reconstruction conference
President Sisi also announced that Egypt will be hosting a reconstruction conference next month, calling on all ‘free and friendly countries to contribute to this path, and to participate effectively in the reconstruction conference’ and the Gaza Strip supporting fund expected to be established to help Palestinian families.
The Egyptian President in His speech confirmed the importance of expressing ‘absolute rejection and condemnation’ of the attacks and violations against Palestinian people in West Bank. He also strongly rejected and warned against the consequences of the continued attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He said that “there will be no real peace without the establishment of the Palestinian state, and peace will not come by violence and it cannot be imposed by force.”
“The independent Palestinian state must be established on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, while providing all the necessary guarantees at the same time to preserve Israel's security,” Sisi said.
He concluded his speech saying that: “It is time to adopt a serious and effective political path leading to a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions. And I am certain that President Trump is capable of doing this, in light of our sincere desire to put an end to the tensions and hostilities in our region.”
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