Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, stressing the need to adopt a united position that would help achieve regional peace.
According to Sissi’s office, the phone call addressed “developments in the region,” including the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the need for “the rapid reconstruction” of the territory.
The two leaders “stressed the need to commit to the united Arab position calling for reaching permanent peace in the Middle East,” the Egyptian presidency’s statement adds.
Egypt and Jordan, both key US allies, have been under pressure to accept a proposal by US President Donald Trump to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by temporarily sending Palestinians to their territories during Gaza’s reconstruction.
Cairo and Amman have issued repeated strong rejections while making overtures to their Washington ally.
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