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Egypt's Sissi hosts Jordanian, Palestinian leaders to discuss 'two-state
solution'
Egypt's (C) president with the Palestinian (L) and Jordanian (R)
leaders, on Monday, August 14, 2023.
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Last updated: 15/08 - 15:07
EGYPT
Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Siss on Monday (Aug. 14) met with
King Abdullah II of Jordan and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the
northern coastal city of El Alamein, Egyptian presidential spokesman
Ahmed Fahmy said.

During a tripartite meeting, the leaders discussed "the development of
the Palestinian cause" and expressed their support for a "two-state
solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with east Jerusalem as the
future Palestinian capital, Fahmy said in a later statement.

While there was no mention of the topic of potential Israeli-Saudi
normalisation in the official statement, a Palestinian source close to
the matter told AFP that it was the key topic on the table.

The summit was held "to discuss US efforts to achieve normalisation of
relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and the Palestinian
Authority's requirements in the framework of the signing of such a
deal", the source said.

Egypt was the first Arab country to normalise ties with Israel in 1979,
followed by Jordan in 1994. Both countries are key allies of Saudi Arabia.

A number of Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates and
Morocco, followed suit decades later, recognising Israel in a series of
US-brokered deals known as the Abraham Accords.

There has been much speculation in the media, particularly in recent
weeks, that Saudi Arabia would follow suit, but such a deal has yet to
materialise.

Riyadh on Saturday named for the first time a non-resident ambassador
for the Palestinian Territories who will also serve as consul general in
Jerusalem.

The file for the Palestinian Territories has traditionally been handled
by the Saudi embassy in Amman.

Israel has also not officially commented on the rumoured normalisation
push, but Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has said that "peace between Israel
and Saudi Arabia is a matter of time".

During US President Joe Biden's tour of the Middle East last year, the
Saudi civil aviation authority announced that it was lifting overflight
restrictions on "all carriers", paving the way for Israeli planes to use
Saudi airspace.

Biden himself flew directly to Jeddah from Israel's Ben Gurion airport
for his talks with Saudi leaders.

But the kingdom denied at the time that the airspace move was "a
precursor to any further steps" towards normalisation.

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