Moustafa Kamal Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt, stressed that the Palestinian people “have endured and continue to endure in terms of suffering; repression and violations must not become a normalized reality or a protracted crisis managed from one cycle to the other”.

He urged securing the ceasefire in Gaza in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Sharm El-Sheikh peace plan, ending daily Israeli violations, completing withdrawal and enabling delivery of humanitarian aid, and empowering the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza to carry out its duties.

The principles are “the essential gateway to a serious political process that addresses the root causes of the conflict and resolves them”.

Turning to resources, he stated unequivocally that for Egypt, “the issue of water security is an existential issue that is not open to compromise”.

“The Nile is not merely an economic resource — it is the lifeline upon which the existence and development of Egyptian society have depended throughout history,” he affirmed.

Transboundary water resources should be a sphere for cooperation and integration, rather than a source of conflict; development and water security are not contradictory objectives but complementary.

“We do not oppose the right of any people to development,” he said; but their management cannot rely on “unilateral measures or fait accompli policies”.