Overview

• Abdelatty called the international community’s response to Gaza shameful and a stain on its conscience
• He accused Israel’s military campaign of constituting systematic genocide and reiterated Egypt’s rejection of forced Palestinian displacement
• The comments coincided with a two-hour meeting in Athens with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis
• The ministers discussed a planned undersea electricity connector, a maritime boundary dispute with Libya and the legal status of the Monastery of Saint Catherine
• Egypt is using bilateral talks to amplify pressure on Israel while advancing regional energy and legal cooperation with Greece