[JPost] Speaking about Egypt’s role, Shoukry said that his country has tried to fill that gap through collaborations with the US and the EU.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday that Egypt has welcomed the Abraham Accords as a positive development, "one that should be encouraging of Israel to proceed to engage in peace negotiations."
Shoukry spoke with Ambassador James Jeffrey at the Wilson Center as part of his visit to Washington.
"The potential of regional integration, the disappearance of the perceived threat, is, I’m sure, reinforcing to the approach toward resolving the Palestinian Israeli conflict, definitively and finally," he said.
"Egypt led the way, more than 40 years ago and creating peace opened the door for Jordan and, subsequently, unfortunately much later, came the Abraham Accords, which is again in the same line," Shoukry continued. "We believe that dispelling the ideas of a potential threat is the way forward to achieve comprehensive peace across the region, and we hope that it will have that impact, but we recognize and have recognized over the last two years that there is a lack of engagement on both of the Israeli and the Palestinian side."
Speaking about Egypt’s role, Shoukry said his country has tried to fill that gap through collaborations with the United States and the European Union. 
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