Egypt-Palestinian Discuss Gaza Recovery Without Relocation Of Citizens

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JAKARTA - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Palestinian Foreign Minister Mohammed Mustafa on Wednesday met in Cairo discussing plans to restore the Gaza Strip without moving Palestinians from their territory.

In a statement released after the meeting, Egypt expressed its full support for the Palestinian government and its reform plans.

The statement underlined by ANTARA from Anadolu, Wednesday, February 5, underscores the importance of "empowering the Palestinian Authority politically and economically to take on its duties in the Gaza Strip as part of the occupied Palestinian Territory."

The statement also highlighted the urgent need to step up recovery projects in Gaza, ensuring aid deliveries and cleaning up debris without displacing Palestinians from the enclave.

Abdelatty will also continue to oversee Egypt's efforts to keep the ceasefire ongoing, and the implementation of all its requirements.

Earlier at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday night, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister said the US would "take over" Gaza by relocating Palestinians elsewhere.

The US president first sparked a stir on January 25 by suggesting that Palestinians in Gaza be transferred to Jordan and Egypt, calling the enclave a "dismantling location" after the Israeli war but strongly rejected by Amman and Cairo.

The meeting of six Arab countries ministers in Cairo on Saturday firmly rejected the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza and again called for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.