CAIRO – 22 June 2025: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke by phone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, few hours before the US launched air strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities of Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan on early hours of Sunday.
The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said President El-Sisi expressed Egypt's complete rejection of the ongoing Israeli escalation against Iran, as it poses a threat to the security and stability of the Middle East at a critical time when the region is experiencing multiple and escalating crises.
The President emphasized the importance Egypt attaches to an immediate ceasefire, allowing for the resumption of negotiations to reach a sustainable, peaceful solution to this crisis. The President emphasized the importance of working to de-escalate the situation as much as possible and ensuring that the cycle of violence does not expand, noting that there are no military solutions to this crisis.
The President also emphasized that the only way to ensure sustainable stability in the Middle East is through the implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in accordance with international legitimacy.
For his part, the Iranian president was keen to express his appreciation to the President, valuing Egypt's wise positions aimed at restoring stability to the Middle East, thereby sparing the bloodshed on all sides. He also emphasized his country's alignment with Egypt's position on the need to find a just, comprehensive, and final solution to the Palestinian issue.
US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US aircraft dropped a large number of bombs on the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. “A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,” said Trump.
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