Egyptian Foreign Ministry: Egypt intends to return Syria to its natural location, regionally and internationally
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that his country intends to return Syria to its natural location on the regional and international arenas.
This came during a telephone conversation between Shukri and the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Ger Pederson, during which the two officials discussed developments in Syria.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, said, “The communication comes within the framework of the continuous coordination between Cairo and the UN envoy regarding pushing for the peaceful settlement efforts of the Syrian crisis”.
Minister Shukry affirmed, “Egypt’s determination to continue to push for efforts to end the conflict and settle the Syrian crisis in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2254, in a manner that preserves the unity and independence of Syrian soil, and meets the aspirations of the Syrian people, as well as returning Syria to its natural position on the regional and international arenas”.
The Egyptian spokesman stated that Minister Shukry “dealt with Cairo’s assessment of developments in Syria, reviewing Egyptian efforts to push the political process through its membership in the small group of countries concerned with this process and through its communication with the moderate Syrian opposition, headed by the Cairo group, which is related to Also the necessity of decisively confronting terrorist and extremist organizations and the regional parties supporting them.
On the other hand, the Egyptian Foreign Minister stressed “the necessity of concerted efforts to support the sisterly Syria in facing the emerging pandemic of the Coronavirus”.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, had received representatives of the Cairo Group in the Syrian opposition negotiating body, to discuss the latest developments on the Syrian scene, and ways to advance the path of a political settlement.
