Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II stressed on Tuesday the importance of reaching permanent peace in the region based on the two-state solution and establishing an independent Palestinian state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as the only guarantee for achieving peace and stability in the Middle East.

The Egyptian presidential spokesman, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shenawy, pointed out that the call received by the Egyptian president from the King of Jordan addressed developments in the regional situation, especially with regard to implementing the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, including the exchange of detainees and prisoners, and the access of humanitarian aid to the people of the Strip, adding that the two leaders stressed in this regard the necessity of full implementation of the agreement, and the inevitability of the rapid reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

He added that the Egyptian President and the King of Jordan stressed the need to adopt a unified Arab position calling for achieving permanent peace in the Middle East region, in order to achieve the desired stability and economic prosperity.