At the end of his visit to Egypt to attend the emergency Arab ministerial meeting on the US peace plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underlined “the importance of maintaining coordination and communication with Cairo,” and expressed his appreciation for “Egypt’s stances in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.”
Abbas met on Sunday with the head of the General Intelligence Service, Major General Abbas Kamel. An official statement about the meeting said that the Palestinian President expressed his appreciation for the efforts made by his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in the Palestinian file, and Cairo's pioneering role in this matter.
The two officials discussed challenges facing the Palestinian Cause and the need to confront the US plan on Arab, regional, and international levels.
Before the start of the Arab meeting, Abbas met with Sisi, who stressed that there were no alternatives to direct negotiations between the two disputing sides in order to reach a comprehensive and sustainable agreement.
During an urgent meeting on Saturday, the Arab League rejected US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, saying it would not lead to a just peace deal.
In a statement, the Arab League said it would not cooperate with Washington to execute the plan.
The meeting brought together Arab senior officials including Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister and the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for foreign affairs.
