Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. Photo: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
Speaking to Al-Qahera News correspondent Rami Gaber, Abdelatty said Trump “always seeks peaceful and political solutions and rejects military escalation.”
He described the meeting as a critical opportunity to strengthen Arab and Islamic unity in support of a ceasefire.
Abdelatty linked the meeting to growing international momentum following several recent recognitions of the State of Palestine and the Two-State Solution Conference in New York.
These developments, he said, “give strong international backing to the Palestinian cause” and renew hope for Palestinians after months of Israeli attacks that the world is finally standing with them.
He warned that Gaza is facing “catastrophic conditions,” citing genocide “in front of the world” and famine caused by Israeli restrictions.
He called the humanitarian situation “an unacceptable tragedy in the 21st century.”
While welcoming the recognitions of Palestine as “extremely positive,” Abdelatty urged more countries to follow suit.
He also called for binding measures to pressure Israel to end its “clear violations of international law.”
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, addressing the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Issue in New York on Monday, said the Middle East cannot achieve stability unless Palestinians gain their legitimate right to an independent state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Madbouly stressed that the two-state solution is both a moral duty and a strategic necessity, warning that ignoring Palestinian rights fuels more violence and extremism.
He condemned Israel’s recent military escalations, including strikes during mediation efforts, as “dangerous precedents” that threaten peace.
He urged that recent international momentum, including the New York Declaration adopted on 12 September, be turned into “practical steps.”
These, he said, should include immediate recognition of the State of Palestine by countries that have not yet done so and the relaunch of a credible peace process with a binding timeline based on international resolutions.
Madbouly reiterated Egypt’s call for a ceasefire and said Cairo will host an international reconstruction conference after the war ends, in coordination with Palestinian authorities and with Arab and Islamic participation.
He cited UN findings accusing Israel of committing “genocide, both material and moral, against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip,” reaffirming Egypt’s rejection of any attempts to displace Palestinians or undermine their cause.
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