Cairo, January 7 (EFE). – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas landed in Egypt today to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al Sisi, with whom he will discuss on Monday ways to end the war in the Gaza Strip in order to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in which the Enclave is stuck.
The Palestinian embassy in Cairo said in a statement that Abbas's visit followed an invitation from Al Sisi with the aim of “discussing forms of bilateral cooperation to immediately and sustainably stop the genocidal war waged by Israel.”
International efforts to end the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as well as “prevent the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their lands” will also be addressed during the meeting, after senior Israeli government officials made speeches calling for the reoccupation of the enclave.
In fact, Egypt has on many occasions denounced Israel's “intentions” to forcibly expel Gaza's population into the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Gaza to the south, in what Cairo has called a “red line.”
The focus will again be on the two-state solution, which envisages the creation of an independent Palestinian state based on the borders drawn in 1967 and with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Palestinian state, according to the note, would be led solely by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), “the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people inside and outside Palestine,” it said, without mentioning Palestinian factions or the Islamist group Hamas.
Egypt, a historic mediator between Israel and Palestine, has made efforts in recent months to end the war that began on October 7, while pushing for reconciliation between the various Palestinian factions.
Abbas' arrival in Cairo comes on the same day that Jordan announced that it is coordinating with several Arab capitals to develop a plan based on the two-state solution to end the war in Gaza and the conflict between Israel and Israel to resolve Palestine. EFE
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