Photo courtesy of Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
FM Abdelatty made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad, held ahead of the quadrilateral ministerial meeting involving Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye, which aims to de-escalate the regional conflict.
According to a statement from Egypt’s foreign ministry, Abdelatty expressed hope that the meeting would help reduce tensions and lay the groundwork for ending the ongoing war.
The two foreign ministers agreed on the need to sustain intensive diplomatic engagement and close coordination to support regional security and stability, and to prevent further escalation of the conflict.
Abdelatty emphasized that concerted regional and international action is essential to containing the situation, the statement added.
The quadrilateral meeting, scheduled for Monday, marks a renewed push to de-escalate the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, now in its fifth week.
The meeting comes as the US and Israel continue their attacks on Iran and the Iranians continue retaliatory attacks on Israel, US military bases in the region, and energy hubs in Arab Gulf countries.
It also comes as Tehran continues to effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz to all ships linked to countries that support the US-Israeli war effort against the country.
Targeting deeper economic ties
During the meeting, Minister Abdelatty hailed what he described as the “significant progress” in bilateral relations between Egypt and Pakistan across various fields and reaffirmed both countries' commitment to their institutional mechanisms.
He stressed the importance of convening the Joint Committee chaired by the two foreign ministers at the earliest opportunity to serve shared national interests, the statement added.
The top Egyptian diplomat underscored the need to strengthen economic and investment cooperation and to expand trade volumes in line with the considerable potential of both nations.
He noted that developing countries must adopt more integrated approaches to building economic resilience, especially amid the current shifts in the global economy, including supply chain disruptions and volatility in energy and commodity markets.
He called for strengthening connectivity between the two countries' logistics and industrial centres, with a view to facilitating market integration and broadening access to markets across Africa and Asia.
He also highlighted the strategic geographic position of both countries as key nodes in global trade, and specifically emphasized the value of forging stronger ties between the Suez Canal Economic Zone and Gwadar Port.
He further pointed to the opportunity to develop value-added industries within the Suez Canal Economic Zone as a means of anchoring regional supply chains and localizing strategic industries.
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