CAIRO, Oct. 26 — Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh discussed Gaza’s reconstruction and the political situation in the Palestinian territories during a phone call on Sunday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said.
They reviewed preparations for a Gaza reconstruction conference to be held in Egypt next month and urged greater international support and funding to address Palestinians’ humanitarian and development needs.
The two also discussed efforts to reconcile Palestinian factions and reforms within the Palestinian Authority. The call also touched on President Mahmoud Abbas’s new decree naming al-Sheikh as acting president if the position becomes vacant until elections are held.
The conversation followed meetings in Cairo on Thursday between delegations from Hamas and Fatah on Gaza’s post-war arrangements.
Cairo also hosted separate talks that day among Palestinian factions on the second phase of a U.S.-backed peace plan supporting the Gaza ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10.
The ceasefire halted Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which killed more than 68,000 Palestinians and wounded over 170,000, according to Palestinian authorities. (Xinhua)
