During Kushner visit, Egypt calls for Palestinian state

Meeting US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Cairo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi expresses support for the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to the state-run Middle East News Agency.

Sissi tells Kushner that Cairo supports all efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on “international references, the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the outlet reports.

Kushner is visiting the region to rally support for the administration’s efforts to resolve the conflict. Trump’s administration has not endorsed a two-state solution, which has long been seen internationally as the only viable path to peace.

— Adam Rasgon with AP