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CAIRO: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed Egypt鈥檚 鈥渁bsolute support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees to continue to play its role in providing basic and necessary services to Palestinian refugees.鈥�
During his meeting with UNRWA Commissioner General Philip Lazzarini, El-Sisi said the agency 鈥渋s the only mechanism that carries out the important humanitarian responsibility of improving the conditions of Palestinians in the Palestinian territories, especially in the areas of education and health.鈥�
He added: 鈥淓gypt stresses during its contacts with all regional and international parties the importance of providing the necessary support to UNRWA, especially with the conditions it faces and the negative repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, with the aim of maintaining the continuation of its work in the required manner.鈥�
He alluded to Egypt鈥檚 readiness to support some of the agency鈥檚 relief projects, especially through the Egyptian Initiative for the Reconstruction of Gaza.
El-Sisi and Lazzarini reviewed UNRWA鈥檚 role and the challenges it faces. The latter stressed Egypt鈥檚 historic role in mobilizing the support of the international community for the agency to continue to support Palestinian refugees.
Lazzarini also praised the high priority that Egypt attaches to improving conditions in the Palestinian territories, especially the Gaza Strip.