President: Establishing the Palestinian State is the Foundation for Regional Stability

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received today Lieutenant General Charles Brown, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Lieutenant General Abdel Meguid Sakr, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, in addition to Ambassador Hiro Mustafa Garg, US Ambassador to Cairo.

The official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic indicated that the meeting focused on the current developments in the Middle East, as the President stressed that the current regional situation requires a decisive stance from the international community and all active parties, to exert all efforts and intensify pressures, to defuse tension, and stop the state of escalation that threatens the security and stability of the entire region, warning in this regard of the dangers of opening a new front in Lebanon, and stressing the need to preserve Lebanon's stability and sovereignty.

The President also stressed the need to respond to the joint Egyptian-American-Qatari efforts aimed at reaching an agreement to stop the war in the Gaza Strip immediately and exchange prisoners and detainees, in a way that allows for strengthening the path of calm and stability in the region.