The meeting between Ebrahim Raeisi and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was the first meeting of the presidents of the two countries in the past 45 years since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.
In the meeting, Raeisi emphasized the need for the unity of Islamic countries amid the Israeli regime aggression on Gaza and stated, "The Islamic Republic of Iran has no barrier to expanding relations with the friendly country of Egypt."
The Iranian president described the holding of the recent peace meeting in Cairo on Gaza developments as a positive initiative that the Western countries prevented from reaching a conclusion. "The Cairo peace meeting could have been a turning point in ending the crimes of the Zionists in the slaughter of defenseless and innocent women and children in Gaza, but the countries in the West that back the Zionist regime just as they did not allow the Security Council and other international organizations to take effective action to stop these crimes, they prevented the meeting from being fruitful."
Stating that the world expects that the Rafah crossing will be opened so that international aid can go to Gaza, Raeisi said, "It is clear to everyone that America and the Zionist regime are preventing the opening of the Rafah crossing to provide aid to the oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza. However, these obstacles must be overcome."
El-Sisi, for his part, stated in the meeting that "our definite political will is to establish real relations with Iran," adding that, "For that, we have assigned the relevant ministers to pursue deep relations between the two countries."
The President of Egypt further stated, "Regarding Palestine, Egypt is a country that has suffered more than others from the consequences of this issue."
MNA