On Sunday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi chaired a meeting of the National Security Council, where developments in the regional situation were reviewed, especially with regard to developments in the military escalation in the Gaza Strip.
“Egypt extends an invitation to host an international regional summit to address the developments and future of the Palestinian issue,” a statement said following a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Anadolu Agency reported.
The meeting reviewed “developments in the regional situation, notably with regard to the military escalation in the Gaza Strip,” the statement added.
The meeting urged continued contacts “with international and regional partners in order to reduce the escalation and stop targeting civilians,” as well as intensifying “contacts with international and regional relief organizations in order to deliver the necessary assistance.”
Sisi reiterated that “there is no solution to the Palestinian cause except through the two-state solution,” while “rejecting and deploring the policy of displacement or attempts to liquidate the Palestinian issue at the expense of neighboring countries.”
He stressed “Egypt’s readiness to exert any effort to achieve calm and launch and resume a genuine peace process.”