Egypt’s Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah Discuss Regional Developments in Cairo

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattahael-Sisi (R) meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II at al-Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, on December 3, 2022. (Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattahael-Sisi (R) meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II at al-Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, on December 3, 2022. (Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
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Egypt’s Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah Discuss Regional Developments in Cairo

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattahael-Sisi (R) meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II at al-Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, on December 3, 2022. (Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattahael-Sisi (R) meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II at al-Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, on December 3, 2022. (Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)

Egypt and Jordan agreed on Saturday to boost efforts towards reviving the peace process and reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.   

Following a meeting in Cairo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II announced their full support to Palestine.   

Their meeting focused on the latest developments in the region, notably in the Palestinian Territories, said Egyptian presidency spokesman Bassam Rady.  

He said the leaders agreed on the need to boost their countries’ efforts to provide full support to the Palestinian people and to revive the peace process to reach a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. 

This solution will ensure the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people in line with international resolutions, stressed Rady.  

Sisi and King Abdullah also discussed several issues of common interest. 

They underscored the importance of consolidated and concerted Arab efforts to confront current crises in some regional countries while respecting their unity and sovereignty and ending the suffering of their people. 

King Abdullah was accorded a formal reception at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace where he met with Sisi. 

Sisi said he was keen on further boosting ties with Jordan to achieve mutual interests.  

For his part, King Abdullah underscored his country’s keenness on benefiting from Egypt’s development efforts in all fields by sharing expertise and through joint investments, Rady said. 

The monarch later traveled to Algeria on a two-day state visit at the invitation of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.  

Tebboune and King Abdullah had met in the Qatari capital, Doha, on the sidelines of the opening of the 2022 FIFA World Cup last month. 



Tunisia Activists Launch Gaza-bound Convoy in 'Symbolic Act'

 Tunisians gather at a meeting point in Tunis on June 9, 2025, ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza. (AFP)
Tunisians gather at a meeting point in Tunis on June 9, 2025, ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza. (AFP)
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Tunisia Activists Launch Gaza-bound Convoy in 'Symbolic Act'

 Tunisians gather at a meeting point in Tunis on June 9, 2025, ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza. (AFP)
Tunisians gather at a meeting point in Tunis on June 9, 2025, ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza. (AFP)

Hundreds of people, mainly Tunisians, launched on Monday a land convoy bound for Gaza, seeking to "break the siege" on the Palestinian territory, activists said.

Organizers said the nine-bus convoy was not bringing aid into Gaza, but rather aimed at carrying out a "symbolic act" by breaking the blockade on the territory described by the United Nations as "the hungriest place on Earth".

The "Soumoud" convoy, meaning "steadfastness" in Arabic, includes doctors and aims to arrive in Rafah, in southern Gaza, "by the end of the week", activist Jawaher Channa told AFP.

It is set to pass through Libya and Egypt, although Cairo has yet to provide passage permits, she added.

"We are about a thousand people, and we will have more join us along the way," said Channa, spokeswoman of the Tunisian Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine, the group organizing the caravan.

"Egypt has not yet given us permission to cross its borders, but we will see what happens when we get there," she said.

Channa said the convoy was not set to face issues crossing Libya, "whose people have historically supported the Palestinian cause", despite recent deadly clashes in the country that remains divided between two governments.

Algerian, Mauritanian, Moroccan and Libyan activists were also among the group, which is set to travel along the Tunisian and Libyan coasts, before continuing on to Rafah through Egypt.

After 21 months of war, Israel is facing mounting international pressure to allow more aid into Gaza to alleviate widespread shortages of food and basic supplies.

On June 1, the Madleen aid boat, boarded by activists including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and European parliament member Franco-Palestinian Rima Hassan, set sail for Gaza from Italy.

But on Monday morning Israel intercepted it, preventing it from reaching the Palestinian territory.

The UN has warned that the Palestinian territory's entire population is at risk of famine.