Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says terrorist organizations are exploiting political crises in the Middle East to expand and achieve their objectives, the Associated Press reported.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, he warns of the dangers of this threat expanding to regions including the Palestinian territories.
He says resolving the Palestinian conflict and allowing the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and to an independent state will effectively eliminate one of the most dangerous pretexts behind extremism and terrorism.
El-Sissi says a U.N.-backed peace plan for Libya is a milestone that should be built on, and calls on Syrian parties to contribute “with all vigor” in efforts to negotiate a political resolution to their country’s civil war.