The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the tripartite summit held in Cairo at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, with the participation of Jordanian King Abdullah II and French President Emmanuel Macron. The summit discussed the dangerous developments facing the Palestinian cause, particularly the genocidal war being waged in the Gaza Strip.

The Ministry commended the outcomes of the summit and the positions taken at the press conference, which called for an end to the war of genocide and displacement, an immediate ceasefire, the opening of the crossings, and the resumption of sustainable aid flows to our people in the Gaza Strip. The Ministry emphasized the danger of continued Israeli aggression to regional stability and the need to work towards a political horizon to resolve the conflict based on the principle of a two-state solution.

The Foreign Ministry said in its statement: “While we appreciate the positions of the two sister countries, Egypt and Jordan, and the friendly country, France, in adopting and supporting the outcomes of the recent Arab Summit and the Arab Palestinian Reconstruction Plan, rejecting the displacement and annexation plans in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, condemning the resumption of the brutal Israeli bombing, and calling for enabling the institutions of the State of Palestine to carry out their duties in the Gaza Strip and unify the Palestinian geography, we affirm our full support for the French-Saudi efforts aimed at organizing a UN conference on the two-state solution next June, and the reconstruction conference in Cairo.”

The Ministry also welcomed the upcoming field visit by the Egyptian and French presidents to the city of Arish, near Rafah, stressing the importance of opening the crossings and allowing the entry of humanitarian aid.

At the conclusion of its statement, the Foreign Ministry called on France to translate these positions into collective or individual European recognition of the State of Palestine and to support Palestinian and Arab efforts to achieve full membership for the State of Palestine in the United Nations.