President Sisi returns back to Egypt after participating in Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh

CAIRO- 11 November 2024: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi returned back to Egypt after participating in the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyadh.

In his speech at the summit, President Sisi warned that "the future of the Middle East and the world is at a crossroad, and that the aggression against Palestinian and Lebanese territories imperils the entire world order."

He condemned the "systematic killing of civilians in Gaza Strip," underscoring that Egypt would "stand against all attempts to liquidate the Palestinian Cause, through whether the displacement of locals, moving them forcibly, or turning the Strip into an unlivable place." It is something that we will not accept under any circumstance," Sisi underscored. 

The President also said that the only way to accomplish peace and stability, and "transition from a regional order whose essence is conflict and hostility into another grounded in peace and development, is by the establishment of an independent Palestinian State on the borders of June 4, 1967 having as capital Eastern Jerusalem."

On the sidelines of the summit, President Sisi met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and affirmed Egypt’s support for the Lebanese people. 

He also met with King Abdullah II of Jordan. Both sides reiterated their rejection to the forced displacement of Palestinians and the liquidation of the Palestinian Cause.

The summit issued a joint draft resolution, calling for massing the global support to freeze Israel‘s membership at the United Nations.

Additional reporting by Noha El Tawil