Egypt’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty “categorically” rejected "any scenarios to forcibly displace the Palestinian people", stressing “this would be a crime of ethnic cleansing,” and Egypt “will never, never be a partner in a new Nakba.”
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt addresses 80th session of General Assembly debate © Loey Felipe/UN
Egypt’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty “categorically” rejected "any scenarios to forcibly displace the Palestinian people", stressing “this would be a crime of ethnic cleansing,” and Egypt “will never, never be a partner in a new Nakba.”
Foreign Minister Abdelatty today (27 Sep) addressed the General Assembly at its 80th session.
The Egyptian diplomat warned, “The Middle East is at a point of implosion. The basis of stability, peace, and security are absent. There is no noteworthy respect of international legitimacy.”
“Our Palestinian brothers and sisters are falling victim to the most heinous Israeli actions. It's a war – a wanton, unjust war waged against defenseless civilians, for a sin they did not commit, driven by an extremist ideology that only says the strong cease destruction, killing and systematic starvation. A toxic narrative and incitement to hatred and violence,” Foreign Minister Abdelatty added.
The Egyptian diplomat reiterated, “We say this very clearly. Egypt is not and will not be engaged to liquidate the Palestinian cause,” adding his country will “continue to support the resilience of the defined by the Palestinian people that is holding on to its national territories.”
“We will never, never be a partner in a new Nakba,” Foreign Minister Abdelatty said.
Moving onto Sudan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs “strongly” supported “maintaining and preserving the institutions of the Sudanese state, including the Sudanese National Army.”
He added, “We're working in cooperation with the Sovereignty Council and international partners as part of the international quartet to restore stability, peace and security in the Sudan, based on national Sudanese ownership, to fulfill the aspirations of the brotherly Sudanese people.”
Abdelatty also “strongly” condemned “repeated Israeli violations of the sovereignty of Lebanon on Syria.”
“We condemn continued violations of Lebanese and Syrian territories. It is of utmost important to respect the territorial integrity of Syria and Lebanon,” he reiterated.
On the Nile water dispute with Ethiopia, the Egyptian diplomat said, “There is those who pay lip service to international law. But we are ready to resort to justice, to resort to international arbitration, if intentions to actually abide by these mechanisms turn out to be true.”
Abdelatty continued, “If they turn to stalling, if they turn to threatening the fates of people in downstream countries, we will get back our rights and we will not be lax in that journey. International law allows us to protect our existential interests in the Nile basin."
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