Last week, Trump proposed the displacement of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, but his proposal triggered outrage in the Arab world.
Egyptian President Abdal Fattáh Sisi will not travel to the White House for negotiations as long as US President Donald Trump’s plan for the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Two Egyptian security sources said this for Reuters.
Trump last week proposed displacement of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the transformation of this Palestinian enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East”. The US President also called on Egypt and Jordan to accept the displaced Palestinians and threatened to stop assistance. He allegedly plans to present his own comprehensive vision of Gaza’s renewal, which will ensure that the Palestinians will be able to stay on their territory.
Egypt had previously informed that Trump invited Sisi to the White House in early February. According to an unnamed American representative, a specific date of visit has not yet been set.
In the United States, this week, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdal Vigi was. Egyptian sources said the head of US diplomacy Marco Rubio did not repeat the threats of withdrawal of military and other aid, although he called on Egypt to consider Trump’s plan.
Sisi repeatedly said that Egypt would never allow the expulsion of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. According to him, Cairo would consider this a serious threat to her own safety.
The close cooperation of Egypt with the United States has been the basis of the Washington Middle Eastern policy for decades. Since the signing of the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, which was mediated by the United States more than four decades ago, Egypt has been one of the greatest recipients of the US military aid, Reuters recalls.
Last year, the US earmarked $ 1.3 billion for Egypt’s military assistance, and in December, it approved potential sales of more than $ 5 billion.
