Gaza: Armed Conflict

(asked on 13th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they last held discussions on the future of Gaza with the governments of (1) Saudi Arabia and (2) Egypt.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 29th December 2023

The UK Government continues to engage regularly with counterparts from both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The Prime Minister last met with the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, HH Mohammed bin Salman, on 19 October in Riyadh, and the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El Sisi on 01 December, in the margins of COP 28. The Foreign Secretary last met with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Faisal bin Farhad Al Saud, on 14 December in London. The Foreign Secretary and I as the Minister for the Middle East met with President Sisi and the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, during our regional visit 20-21 December. In all engagements UK Ministers, including the Prime Minister, have reiterated the Government's position: we support a two-state solution that guarantees security, justice and stability for both the Israelis and Palestinians.

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