Pictured Above: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (left) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet in March 2015. Credit: U.S. State Department.

(JNS) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Monday for discussions on the Trump administration’s Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. 

Abbas is spending two days in Egypt, the PA media outlet Wafa reported Sunday. 

“The [bilateral] summit will deal with the developments related to the U.S.’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and ways to deal with the crisis that protect the Palestinian people’s rights, national holy sites and legitimate right to establish an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital,” said Bassam Radi, a spokesman for the Egyptian President’s Office.

In response to Trump’s policy changes on Jerusalem, Abbas cancelled an upcoming meeting with Vice President Mike Pence. The PA leader’s meeting with El-Sisi follows his meetings last week with Jordanian King Abdullah and Crown Prince Hussein in Amman regarding the developments surrounding Jerusalem. Both Jordan and Egypt had cautioned the U.S. against recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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