This Monday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addressed the issue with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. During the meeting, El-Sisi estimated that in order to defuse tensions in the Middle East, it is imperative to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and create an opportunity for political and diplomatic solutions.

Both sides condemned Israeli policies and advocated for a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause based on the two-state solution.

In the next few hours, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty will receive his Lebanese counterpart, Abdallah Bou Habib, to discuss the situation arising from the military escalation between the Hezbullah group and Israel, the Mena news agency reported.

The Egyptian Foreign Minister spoke yesterday by phone with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whom he called on to put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to force him to end his attacks.

This weekend, Abdelatty discussed the regional situation with his counterparts from Iran, Ali Bagheri Kani, and Russia, Sergei Lavrov.

As part of the diplomatic campaign to defuse the crisis, the Egyptian official also conversed by telephone last week with his counterparts from Spain, José Manuel Albares; from Ireland, Micheál Martin; and with the United Nations Special Coordinator for the process of peace in the Middle East, Tor Wennesland.

The Egyptian official also visited Qatar, where he was received by the Emir Tamim Bin Hamad A-Thani and by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. He also spoke with the UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag.

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