ISTANBUL, Feb 5 (Bernama-AA) -- Egypt and Palestine held talks Wednesday to discuss recovery plans for the war-torn Gaza Strip without displacing Palestinians from the territory, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
This came during a meeting held in Cairo between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Palestinian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohamed Mustafa.
A statement released after the meeting reiterated Egypt’s support for the Palestinian government and its reform plans.
According to Anadolu, the statement underlined the importance of "empowering the Palestinian Authority politically and economically to assume its duties in the Gaza Strip as part of the occupied Palestinian territories."
It highlighted the urgent need for advancing recovery projects in Gaza, ensuring aid delivery and clearing rubble without displacing Palestinians from the enclave.
Abdelatty also reviewed Egypt’s efforts to maintain the Gaza ceasefire deal and implement all its terms.
Trump said during a news conference in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday that the US “will take over” Gaza after relocating Palestinians elsewhere under an extraordinary redevelopment plan that he claimed could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
The US president first triggered an uproar on Jan 25 by suggesting that Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated to Jordan and Egypt, calling the enclave a “demolition site” after Israel’s war. His proposal, however, was vehemently rejected by Amman and Cairo.
A six-nation Arab ministerial meeting in Cairo on Saturday firmly rejected Palestinian displacement from Gaza and renewed calls for implementing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Trump’s proposal came after a ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on Jan 19, suspending Israel’s genocidal war that has killed more than 47,500 Palestinians and left the enclave in ruins.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants in November last year for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
-- BERNAMA-AA
