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| Sisi and Erdogan meet at the Gaza Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Nov 12, 2023. Posted by
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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the need to immediately
stop the ongoing bombing and military operations in the Gaza Strip.
This aims
to avoid exposing civilians to further harm and loss of life and to prevent
further deterioration of the humanitarian conditions of the people of the Gaza
Strip, the two leaders said in a Saturday meeting on the sidelines of the Joint
Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh.
Sisi and
Erdogan reviewed tireless efforts being exerted at all levels to contain the
crisis and its humanitarian repercussions.
The two
leaders also agreed on the need for continuing the key Egyptian role in
delivering relief aid to the people of Gaza.
They
stressed the necessity of concerted international efforts to push towards the
implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of an
independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Arab-Islamic
Extraordinary Summit
The final
statement of the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit (November 11) called on all countries to
halt the export of weapons and ammunition to Israel in light of the war in
Gaza.
The leaders
condemned the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the brutal and inhuman
war crimes and massacres committed by Israel.
The joint
statement called for the United Nations Security Council to take a decisive and
binding resolution that imposes a cessation of aggression and restrains the
power of the colonial occupation authority that violates international law,
international humanitarian law, and international legitimacy resolutions.
The
statement rejected describing this retaliatory war as self-defense or
justifying it under any pretext.
The
statement also called for breaking the siege on Gaza and ensuring the entry of
Arab, Islamic, and international humanitarian aid convoys.
Egypt today
