Egypt has officially announced the start of training Palestinian security forces, signalling its readiness to expand the programme with support from the international community.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
“Egypt has begun procedures to train Palestinian security forces, and we are ready to expand this process with support from the international community,” Madbouly said, emphasising Cairo’s commitment to supporting stability in Gaza.
He added that Egypt is prepared to back any initiative to establish an international mission to facilitate the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip and to support the creation of a Palestinian state.
“We see the need to make this possible and to work towards a political framework that is agreed upon by Israel and the United States before entering into discussions on the details and tasks of the mission. These details will naturally be shaped according to what is agreed upon politically,” he explained.
The Prime Minister spoke alongside Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Dr. Abdel Aati Badr, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration, and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, and officials from Arab and foreign countries.
Madbouly’s participation came at the head of a high-level Egyptian delegation, representing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, at the Two-State Solution Conference and the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly, held under the theme “Better Together: 80 Years and Beyond for Peace, Development, and Human Rights.”
During his speech, Madbouly thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for convening the meeting and praised France’s efforts to support Palestinian rights. He also highlighted the contributions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which helped facilitate the Two-State Solution Conference.
Egypt reiterated its position that the conference marks a starting point toward a just and sustainable resolution of the Palestinian issue, based on a two-state solution.
Madbouly affirmed that a Palestinian state should be established along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. He also expressed appreciation for France’s historic recognition of the State of Palestine, framing it as a milestone in international support for Palestinian sovereignty.
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