Tuesday 26/November/2024 – 08:04 AM
Dr. Badr Abdel Ati, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, participated yesterday, Monday, November 25, in the meeting of the G7 foreign ministers, with a number of Arab foreign ministers in the Italian city of Fiuggi, to consult on the successive developments in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon and ways to stop the escalation in the Middle East region. Participation at the invitation of the Italian Presidency.
G7 foreign ministers meeting
Abdel Ati gave a speech during the meeting, in which he pointed to the continued Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, and the flagrant violations of international law and international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli army over the course of more than a year, which caused an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the region.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs denounced the Israeli trends aimed at displacing Palestinians, reiterating Egypt’s complete rejection of any attempts to displace Palestinians, and undermining the work of UN agencies, especially UNRWA, stressing that the agency’s role in alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people cannot be dispensed with.
Abdel Ati warned of the seriousness of the situation in the West Bank as a result of Israel’s continued policy of settlement expansion and calls to annex parts of the West Bank, highlighting the dire repercussions of these policies on the efforts aimed at establishing an independent, contiguous Palestinian state in accordance with international references and based on the two-state solution.
Minister Abdel-Ati stressed the need to reach an immediate ceasefire, and the full access of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip without obstacles from the Israeli side.
He also touched on the recent developments in Lebanon, where he reviewed the determinants of the Egyptian position, which are based on the necessity of reaching an immediate ceasefire, Israel stopping violating Lebanese sovereignty, implementing Security Council Resolution No. 1701 in all its elements and without selectivity, and empowering Lebanese institutions, especially the Lebanese army, denouncing the This is in the context of Israel’s targeting of UNIFIL forces, which is a violation of international law and international humanitarian law.
On another level, the Minister of Foreign Affairs met on the sidelines of the meeting with the foreign ministers of Japan, Germany and Canada and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, where he reviewed Egypt’s efforts aimed at achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, and stressed the importance of the international community playing its role in Stop Israeli violations, and provide the necessary humanitarian support to support the Palestinian people to alleviate their suffering, which has exceeded more than a year, noting the ministerial conference hosted by Cairo on December 2 to enhance the humanitarian response in Gaza.
