Cairo, August 22 (QNA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty and Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohamed Mustafa discussed, in a telephone call today, the developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The call addressed the developments in the Gaza Strip and the efforts made by Egypt, in coordination with mediators, to implement the US President Donald Trump peace roadmap, which include Israel's withdrawal from the enclave; ensuring flow of humanitarian assistance; initiating early recovery and reconstruction efforts; the entry of the Palestinian National Authority's committee to manage Gaza; and the deployment of an international stabilization force.
The two sides also touched on the serious developments in the occupied West Bank, where the Egyptian Foreign Minister denounced the illegal settlement expansion and the escalating settler violence and attacks against Palestinians and their property. He warned against the dangers posed by the E1 settlement project, which threatens the geographical contiguity of the Palestinian territories and isolates East Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings.
Abdelatty reiterated Egypt's categorical rejection to any attempts of annexing Palestinian territories; displacing Palestinians, or altering the legal and demographic status of the occupied territories, which would entrench the status quo and undermine the prospects for establishing a Palestinian state. (QNA)