The two ministers praised the longstanding ties between Egypt and Tunisia and the progress in bilateral cooperation across various fields.
They stressed the importance of implementing the outcomes of the 18th Egyptian-Tunisian Joint Higher Committee, held in Cairo last September, and building on the agreements reached to strengthen economic, trade and investment cooperation.
Abdelatty briefed Nafti on Egypt’s intensive contacts with regional and international parties aimed at de-escalating tensions and containing mounting regional instability.
He reiterated Egypt’s call for an immediate halt to all military operations, the prioritization of political and diplomatic solutions, and closer Arab coordination to safeguard regional security and stability.
On Palestine, the two ministers discussed developments in the Gaza Strip and the implementation of the US president’s Gaza peace plan.
Abdelatty stressed the need to complete the plan’s first phase, ensure the full, safe and sustainable delivery of humanitarian aid, secure Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, and advance early-recovery and reconstruction programmes.
Regarding Libya, Abdelatty welcomed the outcomes of the 21 May meeting in Cairo of the foreign ministers of Libya’s three neighbouring countries.
He called for the mechanism to convene regularly as an important framework for coordinating the positions of Libya’s neighbours and supporting the country’s unity, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national institutions.
Abdelatty had travelled to the Jordanian capital on Tuesday to attend Wednesday’s ministerial meeting, which was convened to coordinate Arab positions on Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories.
The meeting also examined ways to support the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and preserve Jerusalem’s legal and historical status quo.
The meeting on Jerusalem comes amid renewed Arab concern over attempts to alter the legal and historical status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem. Egypt has repeatedly condemned incursions into the mosque compound by Israeli officials and settlers, warning that such actions violate international law and could fuel further regional instability.
Cairo maintains that East Jerusalem should be the capital of an independent Palestinian state based on the 4 June 1967 borders.
At an Arab League ministerial meeting in Amman in June, Abdelatty rejected attempts to impose new realities on the ground, liquidate the Palestinian cause or forcibly displace Palestinians.
The Amman talks also coincide with renewed efforts to advance the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
A new roadmap seeks to implement the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan, including the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the disarmament of Palestinian factions, detainee releases and increased humanitarian access.
The agreement follows mediation by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United States.
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