A four-party consultative summit in New Alamein to discuss promoting peace in the Horn of Africa region

The successive developments on the African continent and its regional surroundings impose increasing importance on coordinating positions and promoting peace between countries, in light of the intertwined challenges related to security, stability and development. In this context, the need for consultative frameworks that support regional cooperation, preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, and open the way for addressing crises through political and peaceful means emerges.

In a region where security issues are linked to development, economic integration, and the movement of trade and navigation, the importance of cooperation between the countries of the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea is increasing, thus enhancing their ability to deal with common challenges and protect the interests of their peoples. From this standpoint, you gain Summits and consultative meetings between countries are particularly important as a space for exchanging visions and coordinating efforts to promote peace and support paths of stability and regional cooperation.

Intensifying coordination and cooperation to promote peace

With this approach, Mr. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hosted a four-party consultative summit in the city of New El Alamein, which included President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan.

According to the statements of the official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic, the summit discussed ways to intensify coordination and cooperation between the four countries in order to promote peace, developments in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region, and the latest developments regarding African and regional issues. Of common interest.

Continue coordination to confront regional challenges

In this context, the co-chairs stressed their keenness to intensify coordination and consultation to confront various common regional challenges, respect the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of states, support their national institutions, reject interference in their internal affairs, and settle disputes by peaceful means.

During the summit, Mr. President reviewed the Egyptian efforts aimed at supporting peace and stability in the region, based on the fact that achieving sustainable development is linked to consolidating security and stability and creating a safe regional environment that allows people to benefit from their resources and build their capabilities.

Mr. President also stressed the importance of respecting the sovereignty of states and supporting their national institutions in a way that enhances the foundations of peace. Justice and supports development paths.

This trend is related to the sixteenth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals regarding peace, justice and strong institutions, in light of the emphasis on respecting the rule of law, supporting national institutions, and settling disputes by peaceful means, in a way that consolidates the elements of stability and creates an environment more capable of protecting the rights of peoples and supporting development paths.

Enhancing development opportunities and economic integration

The official spokesman added that the leaders exchanged visions about the situation in the Horn of Africa region, by emphasizing the importance of intensifying coordination and consultation to confront common challenges, maintain security and stability, promote peace, and support opportunities for development and economic integration among the countries of the region.

This is linked to the eighth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals related to decent work and growth The economy, by supporting economic development opportunities and expanding areas of cooperation and integration between countries in the region, which opens the way for more comprehensive and sustainable growth and enhances the ability of economies to generate new opportunities.

Respect for international law regulating international rivers

They also stressed the importance of respecting international law regulating international cross-border rivers, including the Nile River, especially the principle of non-harm, the necessity of cooperation through prior notification, consultation and consensus with downstream countries, and complete rejection of any unilateral measures that harm the existing water uses of the two countries downstream of the Nile River; This confirms the importance of upholding the rule of law, consolidating the principles of justice and cooperation, and supporting frameworks and institutions capable of managing common issues in a way that preserves rights and supports peace and stability.

Egypt supports stability and development in… Africa

The co-chairs expressed their appreciation to Mr. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for his initiative to hold this consultative summit, affirming their pride in the historical and distinguished relations with Egypt, and praising the Egyptian role in supporting stability and development in various parts of the African continent, and the Egyptian policy based on strengthening African solidarity and consolidating the principles of dialogue, cooperation, and peaceful settlement of disputes.

The leaders also discussed the projects being implemented within the framework of economic and development cooperation between the four countries, and ways to enhance regional connectivity and integration in the fields of infrastructure, energy and trade, in a way that contributes to achieving sustainable development and supporting stability and prosperity for the peoples of the region.

These paths relate to the ninth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, in In light of the focus on infrastructure and energy projects and enhancing regional connectivity, in a way that supports the elements of development and strengthens the economic interconnection between the countries of the region.

Supporting cooperation and promoting peace in the region

The summit resulted in a number of outputs aimed at supporting cooperation between the four countries and expanding the horizons of sustainable development and regional integration, the most prominent of which were as follows:

• Coordinating joint efforts to achieve regional stability, create a climate conducive to common and sustainable development, and advance economic, trade and cultural relations, in a way that helps achieve integration, economic interconnection and sustainable development, and strengthen ties between the peoples of all participating countries, taking into account the unity of goals and common destiny.
• Continue to strengthen consultation and coordination Between the four countries and the rest of the sister African countries, in a way that supports the expansion of areas of joint cooperation and serves the paths of integration and development at the regional and continental levels.
• Supporting infrastructure, energy and trade projects, which contribute to achieving sustainable development and supporting stability and prosperity for the peoples of the region.

This path embodies the seventeenth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals: establishing partnerships to achieve the goals, by expanding cooperation between African countries, intensifying coordination and exchanging experiences and resources, in a way that supports the implementation of common development priorities and enhances integration at the regional and continental levels.

In conclusion, the Quartet consultative summit in New Alamein reveals the importance of building regional approaches that deal with security and development as two interconnected paths, so the stability of the Century region Africa is linked to the ability of its countries to protect their institutions, resort to international law, and expand areas of economic and development cooperation.

From this standpoint, intensifying consultation between the countries of the region has value that goes beyond managing current challenges, to open the way for building ties more capable of promoting peace and achieving development and regional integration.

The Earth Guards Foundation confirms that promoting peace and justice and supporting strong institutions represent a necessary foundation for building stable and sustainable development paths, and that expanding African partnerships in the fields of infrastructure, energy and trade can transform the unity of interests and common destiny into real opportunities for growth and prosperity.