Shoukry Participates in Summit with UAE, Bahrain, Moroccan, US, Israeli Counterparts

On Monday, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry participated in the diplomatic summit held today in Negev at the invitation of the Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.

The summit was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita and the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken.

The foreign ministers discussed the latest regional and international developments and their repercussions on the region’s security and stability, as well as ways to strengthen cooperation and joint coordination towards regional and global challenges. They also reviewed issues of common interest.

Following the meeting, the ministers held a press conference in which they affirmed their countries’ determination to continue coordination and joint cooperation to enhance peace efforts, protect the region’s security and stability, combat terrorism and its financing, and enhance joint cooperation in development fields to achieve peoples’ aspirations for peace, development, and prosperity within the framework of principles of tolerance, coexistence, and solidarity for the good of all the peoples of the region.

During the press conference, Shoukry underlined his pleasure to take part in this distinguished gathering with huge scope for growing the region’s prosperity, safeguarding its security, and realizing the aspirations of all its peoples.