French President Emmanuel Macronthat advocates for the renewal of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, Monday in Cairo He received his Egyptian host, President Abdal Fattáh Sisi. Later, the Jordanian King Abdallah II will join them in the three -sided summit, the LE Monde reported, TASR writes.
The main theme of this summit is the plan of Arab states to settle the military conflict in the Gaza Strip, added the daily L’IRient-Le Jour (OLJ). For French diplomacy this is a way to show your solidarity with Jordan and Egypt – Two Arab states adjacent to the Gaza band that disagree with the proposal of US President Donald Trump.
In early February, right after his return to power, Donald Trump triggered international outrage when he suggested that the US would take over the Gaza band to rebuild it and make it a “Riviera of the Middle East”. The implementation of this plan would require a relocation of 2.4 million Palestinian residents to Egypt and Jordan. Both of these states have strongly rejected this proposal, but they are still exposed to the US pressures.
On Monday, Macron confirmed on Monday that Paris is definitely against the displacement of the population and any annexation of the Gaza and the West Bank band. “It would be a violation of international law and a serious threat to the security of the whole region, including Israel, ” warned Macron.
He reiterated the support for the plan of renewal by the war of the destroyed territory, which was approved by the League of Arab states. He highlighted the share of Egypt in this plan, which he believes offers a realistic way to renovate the Gaza bands and should also prepare the soil for a new arrangement in the enclave led by the Palestinian self -government. “Hamas must have no role in this public affairs and no longer pose a threat to Israel,” Macron said.
The three -sided Summit in Cairo is supposed to send a signal at the same time that Paris and his Arab partners “work on specific solutions”. The meeting in Cairo will take place on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is a supporter of Trump’s plan, will visit the White House.added Le Monde.
Macron and his partners also want to discuss “the definition of the starting point from the political crisis based on the so -called two -state solution” – the existence of the Israeli and Palestinian states. According to Macron, negotiations on ceasefire and restoration of aid for Gaza are blocked by the absence of perspective for the future of the region.
Le Monde recalled that the French president will be at the UN together with the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in June with the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad conference on this topic. According to diplomatic sources, this meeting could be a “convenient moment” that France is waiting for to recognize the Palestinian state.
On Tuesday, Macron will visit the Egyptian city of Aríš in the north of the Sinai Peninsula about 50 kilometers from the Rafah border crossing, through which humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Macron is expected to take this opportunity and invite “to re -open the border crossing points for the supply of humanitarian cargo to Gaza”.
In this Mediterranean port, which serves as a base for humanitarian aid, Macron also encounters employees of French NGOs, UN, Egyptian Red Crescent, but probably also with Palestinian recipients of humanitarian aid.
The war in the Gaza Strip was caused by an unprecedented attack, which in the communities in the south of Israel, on October 7, 2023, terrorist commandos led by the Hamas Palestinian Movement. The Israeli leadership was aimed to destroy Hamas and launched a destructive offensive in the Gaza band. After a two -month ceasefire, Israeli military operations resumed on March 18, which, according to Emmanuel Macron, is a “dramatic step back”.
