CAIRO, President of Egypt Abdulfattah Al-Sisi said on Saturday that the strife in the Middle East -- caused by the Israeli unlawful aggression on the Gaza Strip and Palestinian territories -- threatened world peace and security.
This came in Al-Sisi's opening to the Cairo Summit for Peace, attended by scores of regional and international officials including His Highness the Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the representative of His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Al-Sisi called for the world to intervene to halt the Israeli occupation's military aggression, stressing that people of Palestine should not be forced to be displaced in their own lands or made to seek refuge in other areas, namely the Sinai region of Egypt.
A just solution is the only way to resolve the plight of the Palestinian people, he affirmed, saying that the 75 years of agony carried out by the Israeli occupier must cease.
He indicated that Egypt clearly condemned the targeting of civilians during war, expressing his bewilderment over the global silence towards the suffering of 2.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Sisi indicated that the summit was organized to work on a solution and a roadmap that would ending the humanitarian suffering of the Palestinians and reviving the efforts for peace in the Middle East.
First a ceasefire must be put into action to ensure the secure and safe flow of humanitarian aid to the people the Gaza Strip, he pointed out.
Al-Sisi affirmed that peace talks must follow the ceasefire to realize the two-state solution, which would be establish an independent state of Palestinian alongside Israel, the occupation force.
The Cairo Summit for Peace began earlier today with the participation of 31 states in addition to regional and international organizations such as the UN, Arab League, and the African Union. (end) mm.gta
Source: Kuwait News Agency
