Egypt’s FM meets with UNRWA Under-Secretary-General Tuesday

 

CAIRO – 6 March 2023: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will receive the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Ministry downtown Cairo.

 

 

During a ministerial meeting for UNRWA on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in December 2022, Shoukry stated that the UNRWA embodies the legal and political commitments of the international community to the right of the Palestinian refugees to return home.

 

 

Shoukry affirmed the importance of holding this UNRWA ministerial meeting as it delivers a collective message in support of the agency in light of the acute crisis it faces regarding securing the required funding for its work.

 

 

The top Egyptian diplomat also underscored Egypt’s supportive stance to any solution that would preserve the current programs of the agency and develop its activities as long as this solution adheres to the agency’s work mandate and the legal status of Palestinian refugees, the statement said.

 

 

He affirmed that the true solution to this issue is represented in relaunching the peace process in accordance with the two-state solution and the relevant international legitimacy resolutions.

 

 

Egypt has repeatedly affirmed the necessity of ending the current stalemate in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process to achieve the Palestinian people’s aspirations in establishing their independent state.