Ashraf AboArafe
Today, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by telephone with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The German Chancellor and the Egyptian President agreed that it is now more important than ever to break the destructive cycle of retaliatory violence in the region.
The Chancellor thanked President el-Sisi for Egypt’s important mediation role.
President el-Sisi and the German Chancellor stressed the importance of reaching an agreement aimed at releasing the hostages and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The German Chancellor and President el-Sisi were in agreement in their rejection of the construction of illegal settlements, as well as in their clear condemnation of extremist settler violence and any attempt to expel people from the Palestinian territories.
