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Cairo, Aug. 1, 2019 (dpa/NAN) President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, Jared Kushner, on Thursday, met Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, in Egypt to discuss Washington’s efforts to revive long-stalled peace making between Palestinians and Israel, an Egyptian official said.
Kushner, who is also Trump’s son-in-law, landed on Thursday in Cairo as part of a regional tour that had already taken him to Jordan and Israel.
At the meeting, al-Sissi emphasised Egypt’s backing for efforts aimed at reaching a fair and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman, Bassam Radi, said in a press statement.
The solution should be based on the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, existing side by side with Israel as part of a two-state peace formula, according to Radi.
Egypt and Jordan, close allies of the U.S., were the only Arab countries that have diplomatic ties with Israel.
In June, Bahrain hosted a U.S.-sponsored conference as part of the White House’s long-awaited Middle East peace initiative led by Kushner.
The Palestinians have rejected the U.S. peace plan, which is primarily focused on economic issues, as they argue that the political issues should be tackled first.
The Trump administration has upended decades of U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and cutting aid to the Palestinians. (dpa/NAN)
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