Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Tuesday. He tackled the Arab-Israeli conflict, turmoil in the Middle East and the importance of combating terrorism, among other topics. Al-Sisi started off his speech saying that Egypt believes in the goals of the UN and that it is possible for them to be achieved. He discussed the problems that face the Arab world and the African continent. Al-Sisi said that the only exit to the problems the Arab world suffer from is the adherence to building countries based on the principles of human rights, the sovereignty of law and equality. “This is the key principle of Egypt’s foreign policies. There is no exit for the Syrian crisis except through a political solution that includes all the Syrian factions, in order to maintain the unity and combat terrorism, “The same goes for Libya, there should be a consensus between all the factions to stand against the attempts to divide the Libyans,” Al-Sisi stated. The president went on to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He said that it is a proof that there are deficiencies in the international system that…
