Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty stressed the need to intensify international efforts to ensure full access to humanitarian, medical, and relief aid to the Gaza Strip and to lift Israeli obstacles preventing the entry of medical and relief supplies in adequate quantities, especially in light of the harsh winter conditions.
This came during a phone call Wednesday between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
Official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Tamim Khallaf stated that the call addressed the humanitarian situation in a number of regional crises, most notably developments in the Gaza Strip and Sudan.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized the need to protect civilians and accelerate the provision of basic necessities, including relief supplies and mobile housing units, to alleviate the suffering of the population in the strip.
He also underscored the importance of implementing the entitlements of the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan and launching early recovery and reconstruction efforts.
During the call, the two sides also discussed developments in the humanitarian situation in Sudan. The minister stressed the importance of providing safe havens and ensuring unimpeded access to humanitarian aid to the brotherly Sudanese people, condemning the massacres and grave violations committed against civilians in El Fasher and North Kordofan, and emphasizing the need to provide protection for civilians.
The spokesperson added that Abdelatty affirmed Egypt’s full support for the activities of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its pivotal role in enhancing effective responses to humanitarian crises in the region, protecting civilians, and monitoring violations, whether in the occupied Palestinian territories or in Sudan.
He stressed the importance of continued close coordination with the United Nations and its specialized agencies to alleviate civilian suffering and support regional stability.
