US President Donald Trump’s adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Jason Greenblatt meet Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Thursday to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Sissi tells the US envoys, who are touring the region in a bid to revive long-stalled talks, that Egypt supports a “just and comprehensive settlement” to the conflict.
He argues in favor of a “two-state solution on the 1967 borders with east Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine,” the presidency says in a statement.
Trump’s administration sparked anger across the Arab world in December by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.
The Palestinian leadership responded by freezing all contacts with US officials.
In May, Washington moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The White House says Thursday that Kushner and Greenblatt had discussed increasing cooperation between the United States and Egypt.
— AFP
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