Posted on 06/28/21
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, today (Monday, 28 June 2021), spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who congratulated him on assuming office.
The two leaders discussed a broad range of bilateral, regional and international issues. They praised the peace agreement between the two countries, which was achieved under the aegis, and with the mediation, of the US and which has constituted a cornerstone of stability in the Middle East for over 40 years.
Prime Minister Bennett thanked President El-Sisi for his country's important role in establishing stability, security and peace in the region, as well as on the Palestinian issue, with emphasis on its efforts to advance a solution on the issue of the captive and missing Israelis. The Egyptian President underscored the need to establish the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the goal of improving the civil and humanitarian situation of the residents of the Strip, and noted the need to resume the diplomatic process.
The two leaders also discussed the importance of advancing bilateral economic, commercial and civil cooperation.
The leaders agreed to schedule a meeting between them soon.