Jordan, Egypt reject Gazans displacement

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II rejected on Wednesday any forced displacement of Gazans after US President Donald Trump floated an idea to move Palestinians from the territory.

In his first public response to Trump's comments, Sisi said that displacing "the Palestinian people from their land is an injustice that we cannot take part in".

Speaking at a press conference in Cairo with Kenyan President William Ruto, he added that Egypt's historic position in favour of the creation of a Palestinian state "can never be compromised".

Sisi said Egypt was nonetheless "determined to work with President Trump, who seeks to achieve the desired peace based on the two-state solution".

"We believe that President Trump is capable of fulfilling this long-awaited goal of establishing a just and lasting peace in the Middle East," he added.

Meanwhile, in Brussels, Jordan's King Abdullah II stressed his country's "firm position on the need to keep the Palestinians on their land and to guarantee their legitimate rights, in accordance with the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution".