Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has stressed the importance of the European and international role in supporting the path of calm and negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides amid the current ongoing escalation.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has discussed efforts to halt the current ongoing Palestinian-Israeli escalation in and around Gaza with foreign ministers of the UK, Hungary and Netherlands.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt has repeatedly warned of this painful scenario of escalation between the Israeli and Palestinian sides as a result of absence of fair settlement of the Palestinian cause.
The Egyptian and Israeli sides have agreed on an Egypt-mediated ceasefire to end days of hostilities in the Gaza Strip starting today 10:00 AM local time, Al Qahera News reported.
In a ministerial meeting for Munich Group in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the ministers affirmed that the two-state solution on the borders of 4 June 1967 is the only way to fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the Israeli and Palestinian sides.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry delivered a speech after the two-day summit in Israel’s Negev Summit, during which he reiterated Egypt’s stance toward the Palestinian cause and its rejection of extremism, terrorism and violence.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid, that Egypt hopes the Israeli government does not take any procedures that can undermine the creation of a suitable climate for peace and stability and raise the tensions and chances of escalation.
Samuel Warberg, a regional spokesman for the US State Department, said the US supports the Egyptians’ right and the recognizes the importance of the Nile water, noting that the US does not question Egypt’s right in Nile water.
