FM re-affirms Egypt's stance rejecting displacment of Palestinians from their land

CAIRO - 12 October 2024: Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty  received Saturday a delegation from the Palestinian Fatah movement headed by Mr. Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Deputy Chairman of the movement. 

 

The delegation also included Mr. Rawhi Fattouh, Chairman of the National Council, and Mr. Azzam Al-Ahmad, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Central Committee of the Fatah movement.

 

Ambassador Tamim Khilaf, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, stated that the meeting witnessed the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration reaffirming Egypt's stance in support of the Palestinian Authority and its commitment to rejecting any plans to displace Palestinians from their land.

 

The Egyptian Minister further pointed out Egypt's keenness in its contacts with active international parties to ensure the access of humanitarian and relief aid to the Gaza Strip in light of the obstacles placed by the Israeli occupation army and its control over the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, which undermine the work of humanitarian relief organizations affiliated with the United Nations.

 

The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs also stressed the need to confront attempts to separate the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, stressing the unity of the Palestinian land.

 

Minister Abdelatty also reviewed Egypt's contacts with various parties to stop the war in the Gaza Strip and reach a ceasefire and exchange prisoners and detainees. He was also keen to review Egypt's efforts in mobilizing support for recognition of the Palestinian state, and the contacts it is conducting with all countries to convey its vision of the need to work to find a permanent and just solution to the Palestinian issue by establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

 

In this regard, the Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed the need to work on the unity of the Palestinian ranks and to strengthen the role of the National Authority, in a way that ensures the achievement of the aspirations and hopes of the Palestinian people.