President Iohannis: We support Egypt's efforts to find best solutions to crisis in Africa, Middle East

  President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that Romania supports Egypt's efforts in cooperation with international partners to identify the best solutions to the crises facing Africa and the Middle East."It is no coincidence that for both Romania and Europe, Egypt plays a privileged role. By positioning itself at the junction of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, Egypt has a crucial role to play in maintaining security at the regional and global levels. Like Egypt, Romania too is interested in stabilizing the crisis situations in the Middle East and neighbouring areas, in the efficient management of the migration phenomenon, in promoting peace, stability, sustainable growth, and sustainable development. We support Egypt's efforts, in cooperation with its international partners, in trying to identify the best solutions to the crises in Africa and the Middle East," President Iohannis told a joint press conference held with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.He underscored that "Romania has maintained, over time, a balanced position, in perfect agreement with the international law, in relation to all the crises that have affected the Middle East and which are still a major concern.""Romania continues to support the need for implementing confidence-building measures in Israeli-Palestinian relations. We also support the creation of conditions for the resumption of direct negotiations in order to advance the two-state solution, the only viable option likely to meet the legitimate aspirations of the parties and to ensure a long-lasting peace in the region. At the same time, Romania believes that finding a long-term solution to the Syrian crisis which, for more than 10 years, has caused huge tragedies to the Syrian people and generated a great wave of migration that has affected the stability and prosperity of host states as a priority. At the same time, Romania supports the processes of stabilization, institutional consolidation, and democratic transition in Libya and Iraq, and is deeply involved in the fight against terrorism, both within the anti-Daesh alliance and in the Sahel, a region on which the security of North Africa and Europe depends. And I am convinced that through our balanced and responsible approach to the complex challenges in the area, we will succeed, through combined efforts, in generating favourable contexts for the advancement of sustainable peace solutions," said Iohannis.President Klaus Iohannis pays a state visit to Egypt on Wednesday, at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart.