CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty is scheduled to meet Saturday with Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh.

The meeting will explore bilateral relations and developments in the Palestinian territories.

Egypt has welcomed Hussein al-Sheikh's appointment as vice president of the Palestinian Authority and the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

The Foreign Ministry expressed strong support for the measure, which aligns with the PA's reform initiatives aimed at strengthening Palestine's internal unity and restoring the rights of Palestinian people.

The move was announced during the extraordinary Arab summit in Cairo on March 4.

Egypt reaffirmed its ceaseless support to the PA and all Palestinian brethren in their legitimate struggle to end the Israeli occupation, reclaim their right to self-determination, and establish an independent Palestinian state along the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

It pledged to maintain its tireless efforts to resume the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and ensure the safe passage of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged strip, which will contribute to early recovery and reconstruction efforts and end the suffering of the Palestinian people, the statement says.

During a phone call with al-Sheikh last Saturday, Abdelatty congratulated him on assuming his new post, wishing him and the PA success in their efforts to restore the rights of the Palestinian people at this critical juncture in the history of the Palestinian cause. (MENA)

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