Egyptian president: Carter had ‘significant role in’ historic 1978 Camp David Accords

By AFP and ToI Staff 30 December 2024, 2:01 am

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Then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin, right, US President Jimmy Carter, center, and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, clasp hands on the North Lawn of the White House as they completed signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington, March 26, 1979. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hails former US president Jimmy Carter as “a symbol of humanitarian efforts” for his role in brokering the historic 1978 Camp David Accords, which established peace between Egypt and Israel.

“His significant role in achieving the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel will remain etched in the annals of history, and his humanitarian work exemplifies a lofty standard of love, peace, and brotherhood,” the Egyptian leader says in a post on social media platform X.

Following the 1978 agreements, Carter witnessed the signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty by then Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin at the White House on March 26, 1979.

Carter died today, aged 100.