JAKARTA - The leader of the United Arab Emirates told the United States Secretary of State his country rejected a proposal to expel Palestinians from their lands.

President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's remarks came after US President Donald Trump proposed taking over Gaza and re-imposing Palestinians in Jordan and Egypt, sparking widespread opposition among Arab countries and Western allies.

Reported by Reuters on Wednesday, February 19, Nahyan told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a meeting in Abu Dhabi, it was important to link Gaza's reconstruction with a path to comprehensive and lasting peace' based on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The UAE's stance on this conflict is important because it is one of four Arab countries that normalized relations with Israel during the first Trump administration and because the UAE played a role in funding reconstruction work after the previous conflict.

Arab diplomacy in Gaza aims to develop alternatives to Trump's plans for the region, which was largely destroyed after Israel's 15-month military campaign against Hamas, with nearly 2.3 million residents now homeless.

Leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, and Qatar are expected to discuss the plan in Riyadh this month before it can be presented at the summit of the Arab League in Cairo in March.


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