Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati confirmed on Tuesday that his country rejects all attempts at displacement and "uprooting peoples from their lands," noting that his country hosts more than 10 million refugees.

This came during his speech at the Universal Periodic Review session on human rights in Egypt, at the International Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, the text of which was published by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Facebook.

Egypt has previously participated in all review rounds held since the establishment and activation of this mechanism, in 2010, 2014, and 2019, according to the same source.

Regarding the human rights file, Badr Abdel-Ati said: “During its last review session in 2019, Egypt received 372 recommendations, of which 301 were accepted.”

He added: "The state institutions have intensified their efforts over the past 5 years to implement the recommendations they accepted, and the Egyptian delegation will review in detail during the session the tireless efforts made in this regard."

Regarding the refugee file, Abdel-Ati said: “The Egyptian state institutions have spared no effort in ensuring that foreigners residing on its territory enjoy their rights, and have borne great responsibility on behalf of the international community for many years by hosting huge numbers of (irregular) immigrants and refugees.”

He explained that his country "is currently hosting 10 million and 700 thousand foreigners (refugees and irregular migrants) from 62 nationalities (he did not specify them)."

He added: "Egypt is keen to ensure that they enjoy all basic services and integrate them into Egyptian society, and not force them to remain in refugee camps or centres."

Abdel-Ati continued: "I say it frankly: Our ability to absorb and continue to endure is at stake, especially in light of the weakness of international support that is not commensurate with the amount of pressures placed on us."

In this context, he stressed Egypt's adherence to "its firm position rejecting all attempts at displacement, or encouraging the transfer or uprooting of peoples from their lands, whether temporarily or long-term," considering that this "threatens stability and undermines the chances of peace and coexistence among peoples."

Abdel-Ati did not mention a specific category of those concerned with the displacement efforts, but his statements come after US President Donald Trump called on Saturday for the transfer of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, citing the “lack of suitable places to live in the Gaza Strip” as a result of the Israeli genocide that has lasted for more than 15 months.

On Sunday, Egypt confirmed, in a statement by the Foreign Ministry, its rejection of "any infringement on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, whether through settlement or annexation of land, or by evacuating that land of its owners through displacement or encouraging the transfer or uprooting of Palestinians from their land, whether temporarily or long-term."

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi also stressed in a press conference on Sunday that "Jordan's rejection of displacement is constant and unchangeable and is necessary to achieve the stability and peace that we all want."