Ashraf AboArafe
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman and Director of the Public Diplomacy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sameh Shoukry, held a phone call on June 26 with his Turkish counterpart, Mr. Hakan Fidan, where the call dealt with the overall bilateral relations between the two countries, and the arrangements for holding the first meeting of the Council. High-level strategist between Egypt and Turkey.
The official spokesman added that the two sides exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues, most prominently the raging crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip, where the communication discussed developments and the seriousness of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, and the two parties stressed the necessity of working to ensure the penetration of humanitarian aid into the Strip at rates. Greater, in a way that contributes to alleviating the suffering of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, in light of the extremely difficult humanitarian conditions they face as a result of the restrictions imposed by the Israeli side on the entry of aid, and its reluctance to provide protection and appropriate conditions for distributing that aid and ensuring that it reaches those who deserve it.
Ambassador Abu Zeid explained that the two parties stressed the need to urgently reach an immediate and permanent ceasefire, and warned of the dangers of expanding conflict and instability in the region against the backdrop of the Israeli/Lebanese escalation, and the very dangerous consequences that could lead to it that could get out of control. .
