CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reiterated his country’s firm position in support of the Palestinian people.

El-Sisi made the remarks during a meeting on Monday with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, who is visiting Egypt.

The meeting of El-Sisi and Abbas followed Sunday’s meeting of several Palestinian factions’ general secretaries in Egypt’s New Alamein City.

El-Sisi expressed Egypt’s willingness to host the meeting of the factions to help encourage dialogue on various issues and to focus on the aim of restoring Palestinian national unity.

Ahmed Fahmy, spokesman for the presidency, said the meeting “focused on ways to coordinate positions and views regarding a number of issues pertinent to the Palestinian cause, particularly reviving the peace process.”

Abbas said that the meeting of the Palestinian factions was taking place amid vital developments internationally, regionally, and on the ground.

He added: “Convening the meeting represents an opportunity to discuss and exchange views on the best approaches to achieving national reconciliation.”

Abbas described the meeting as an important step to complete dialogue.

In the final communique of the meeting that he chaired, Abbas called on the factions to form a committee.

The mission of the committee would be to supervise the completion of all the issues that were discussed to end the division and achieve Palestinian national unity, he said.

Abbas added: “I call on this committee to immediately start accomplishing its mission and return to us with the agreements it reaches.”