Egypt re-affirms full support for Palestinian Authority

CAIRO, May 6 (KUNA) -- Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday re-affirmed Cairo's full support for the Palestinian Authority as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
Egypt stands on the Palestinian people's side in this critical historic period, the minister said, according to a Foreign Ministry's statement that also indicated that the minister made the re-affirmation during a phone call with the newly-assigned Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee, Azzam Al-Ahmad.
The statement said minister Abdelatty congratulated Al-Ahmad on his recent appointment to the post.
For his turn, Al-Ahmad expressed deep admiration of Egypt's support for the Palestinian people in their struggle to attain their legitimate rights, its efforts to enforce a cease-fire in Gaza and facilitate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the strip. (end) aff.rk