Both President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and foreign minister Sameh Shoukry have held talks on the issue with various dignitaries since the weekend, in a bid to end the violence, which threatens to blow up the region.

According to statements from the Presidency and the Ministry of Expatriate Affairs, both leaders insisted in all dialogues on solving the causes of the conflict: the need to grant the Palestinian people their rights.

El-Sisi stated during his speech at a Police Academy graduation ceremony, that the Egyptian Government has intensified its efforts at all levels to stop the ongoing clashes. “Egypt is expecting a resolution of the Palestinian cause through negotiations that lead to a just peace and the establishment of a Palestinian state”.

Since the new cycle of clashes began, the president of Egypt has spoken by telephone with the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres; the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman; with the presidents of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides; the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Bin Zayed, and Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as with the federal chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer.

On the other hand, Shoukry contacted his counterparts from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. He also exchanged opinions with his peers from Greece, Giorgos Gerapetritis; Tunisia, Othman Jerandi, and Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

In 1979, Egypt was the first Arab nation to sign a peace agreement with Israel, and became an essential mediator between the parties in recent decades. It played a key role in stopping the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip in August last year, which left 49 Palestinians dead, 17 of them minors. Its efforts were also instrumental in reaching a truce during another attack on the Gaza Strip in May 2021, when more than 250 people lost their lives.

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