Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty traveled to New York on Sunday to take part in the High-Level Meetings of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80).
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi © Mena Today
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty traveled to New York on Sunday to take part in the High-Level Meetings of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80).
Madbouly also led Egypt’s delegation at the Two-State Solution Conference, while Abdelatty is set to deliver Egypt’s official address to the General Assembly on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
On the Palestinian question, Cairo continues to balance relations carefully: maintaining strong diplomatic ties with both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
At the same time, Egypt plays a role as mediator between Israel and Hamas in efforts to secure the release of hostages.
However, President El-Sisi remains highly cautious in dealings with Islamist groups active in Gaza. Egypt views Hamas as the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a sworn enemy of the Egyptian state. This history of hostility shapes Cairo’s guarded approach to the group.
Egypt has also kept the Rafah crossing closed, refusing to admit large numbers of Palestinians from Gaza. Officials argue that such an influx could pose a serious risk to Egypt’s stability, given concerns about infiltration by armed groups.
By maintaining this delicate stance—dialogue with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, mediation with Hamas, and strict border controls—Egypt seeks to position itself as a stabilizing regional actor, while safeguarding its domestic security interests.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Monday that the EU increase its support to Morocco to help prevent a repeat of the chaotic attempted influx of 50,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week.
Moroccan authorities granted provisional release to rapper El Mahdi Lyoubi, known by his stage name Mehdi Black Wind, after three weeks in detention. He remains under prosecution for "offending state institutions," his lawyers told AFP.
Migrants who swam or jumped over fences to rush into Spain's African enclave of Ceuta this week were returning home on Saturday, with many saying hunger, exhaustion and hostility from locals had crushed their hopes of a new life in Europe.
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