Blair in Cairo to discuss the peace process, lifting the Gaza siege

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the former President of the International Quartet Committee, Tony Blair, on Wednesday to discuss developments on the Palestinian political, security and humanitarian issues and ways to resume peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.

In a press statement issued yesterday, the spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ambassador Badr Abdel Ati said the discussions centred around the Palestinian issue, achieving stability and security in the region as well as the fight against terrorism and extremism.

Shoukry also outlined the need for a resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli issues on the basis of a two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all Palestinian lands.

The spokesperson added: “The meeting dealt with the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip in detail as well as the necessity of having the states and donor parties meeting the pledges they made and lifting the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.”