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The conversation also delved into Lebanon’s prolonged presidential vacancy.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that the Israeli shelling over Lebanon has resulted in 14 martyrs and 87 injured during the past 24 hours.
Al Qahera news channel quoted on Wednesday an American official saying that there is ‘positive progress’ in the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and that ‘it is time to make decisions.’
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Russian counterpart also discussed several bilateral economic projects that are being implemented jointly by the two sides.
The Foreign Minister also exchanged views with his Bahraini counterpart on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Madbouly said that President Sisi affirmed Egypt’s complete rejection of the Israeli aggression on Palestine and Lebanon, and called on international community to avoid double standards. The president also in his speech called for a decisive international intervention to stop this unprecedented and unjustified aggression against the people of Egypt and Lebanon.
As he departs back to Egypt, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty accompanied a number of 294 nationals from Beirut to return them to homeland amid escalating armed conflict in Lebanon.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has reiterated Egypt's full support for all the Lebanese establishments, particularly the military.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdel Aty began his official visit to Beirut Wednesday by meeting Commander of the Lebanese Army General Joseph Aoun.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdel Aty supervised Wednesday the delivery of the shipment.
In his speech at the summit, President Sisi warned that "the future of the Middle East and the world is at a crossroad, and that the aggression against Palestinian and Lebanese territories imperils the entire world order."
President Sisi affirmed Egypt’s support for Lebanon, its sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also voiced Egypt’s rejection to and condemnation of the Israeli aggression, whether in the Palestinian territories or Lebanon.
The Egyptian president added that the only way to achieve peace in the Middle East is by establishing a Palestinian state.
Ambassador Dr. Mohamed Hegazy, former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh, comes amidst extremely complex and dangerous regional circumstances and challenges related to the continued brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
They also expressed their willingness to advance economic and investment relations and bring the volume of trade exchange between the two sides to $15 billion, increase tourism, and enhance joint cooperation in various fields.
The French Foreign Minister briefed Minister Abdelatty on the results of his recent tour of the region, which tackled developments in the Lebanese political and humanitarian scene and the latest developments in the Gaza Strip.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdel Aty made Sunday evening a phone call to his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot.
Abdelatty said it is important to empower the Palestinian Authority, and to deal with the West Bank and Gaza Strip as an integrated unit of Palestinian lands in preparation for ending the occupation and establishing the Palestinian state.
Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary hailed Egypt's pivotal political and humanitarian role to salvage Lebanon, saying that "Lebanon relies heavily on Egypt in stopping the aggression against Lebanon and its people."
Lebanese Hezbollah announced Tuesday the election of Naim Qassem as the party's new Secretary-General, succeeding Hassan Nasrallah, according to breaking news broadcast via Al-Qahera News TV channel.
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