By Ibrahim Khazin
CAIRO (AA) - President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi affirmed Saturday his country’s
“categorical rejection of the displacement of Palestinians to Egypt in any way or form, a position that enjoys full international consensus,” according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency.
It came during a telephone call received by el-Sisi from French President Emmanuel Macron amid Israel’s escalation in Rafah and international warnings against pushing Palestinians toward Egyptian territories.
The presidency said el-Sisi received the call to discuss “ongoing efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, exchanging captives, and delivering humanitarian aid.”
The two leaders reviewed the latest developments and stressed the need for concerned parties “to cooperate to ensure progress that leads to the stoping of the bloodshed and alleviation of the current human suffering in the Gaza Strip.”
Both sides emphasized the necessity “to advancing the track of the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State as the only path to realize real security and sustainable stability in the region.”
El-Sisi and Macron stressed “the danger of any military escalation in Rafah due to its catastrophic humanitarian repercussions on nearly 1.5 million Palestinians in the area.”
They also warned of “the danger of expanding the conflict at the regional level and hence the necessity of the swift advancement of a ceasefire and regional calm efforts.”
*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala