Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Co-operation, and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty met on Monday with the France’s Special Envoy for Palestine to discuss the two-state solution and recognition of Palestine, in the presence of France’s ambassador to Cairo, Eric Chevallier.
Abdelatty praised joint efforts by France and Saudi Arabia to support implementation of a two-state solution and build international backing for recognition of a Palestinian state, the ministry spokesman Nader Zaki said.
Egypt was ready to continue co-operation and co-ordination, Abdelatty said, stressing the importance of building on the outcomes of the high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question and implementation of the two-state solution.
The meeting covered developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. Abdelatty stressed the importance of preserving the foundations of a Palestinian state and supporting the Palestinian Authority’s institutions, as well as the need to confront Israeli actions in the West Bank, particularly settlement expansion and attempts at annexation and imposing Israeli sovereignty.
He also stressed the importance of continuing efforts to implement the commitments under US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive peace plan for the Gaza Strip.
The two sides agreed to continue consultations and close coordination in the coming period to support international efforts aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
