The next is the transcript of the interview with Badr Abdelatty, international minister of Egypt, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 12, 2025.
MARGARET BRENNAN: We flip now to the International Minister of Egypt, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, and he joins us this morning from Cairo. Welcome to Face The Nation.
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BADR ABDELATTY: Good to be with you, Margaret. Thanks a lot for internet hosting me.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So President Trump is headed to Egypt. I do know he will probably be assembly with President al-Sisi tomorrow in Sharm El-Sheik to debate this settlement about Gaza. However every thing appears depending on this hostage launch and the conclusion of part one, from what you recognize and listen to from Hamas, will these hostages be launched within the subsequent 24 hours?
BADR ABDELATTY: Effectively, we’re assured that the primary part of the Trump peace plan will probably be applied, will probably be honored by all components considerations, and we’re transferring forward. We’re very hopeful that the primary part will probably be accomplished, in all honesty from the 2 events, and we’re in full contact with the Palestinians, with the Hamas, as a result of it is all about, after all, releasing the hostages, and for Israel, releasing a number of the Palestinian detainees, returning again some- I imply, the our bodies of the those that handed away, however that may take time to gather the stays, after all, and to permit the stream of all humanitarian help to Gaza with out impediments, In an effort to cope with present famine and hunger in Gaza.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So the vice chairman, who you simply heard, stated that President Trump has satisfied a variety of nations to offer floor troops to enter Gaza. Will Egypt be sending floor troops into Gaza?
BADR ABDELATTY: Effectively, a part of the deal is, after all, the difficulty of safety association, and we’re engaged on totally different ranges. To start with, there are some Palestinians in Gaza. They are going to be skilled and be deployed in Gaza. We’re within the course of now, as we converse, offering coaching and coordination with Jordan to coach as much as 5000 Palestinians to be deployed in Gaza as effectively. Deployment of worldwide power is on the desk. We’re supporting this concept, after all, and there are some nations, expressed their readiness to deploy forces to contribute with the forces on the bottom. And now we have to work now on going to the safety council, after all, to endorse the proposal, in addition to defining the primary mandate of this troops on the bottom.
MARGARET BRENNAN: However the chief of Indonesia is already dedicated to twenty,000 troops. Is Egypt going to commit troops? Do you’ve gotten a quantity?
BADR ABDELATTY: We’re, we’re going to help and to commit troops inside particular parameters. As I discussed, we should have a mandate by the safety council to endorse it, and naturally, to you recognize, specify the mission of the of the troops on the bottom, which will probably be peace maintaining, and present coaching to the Palestinian policeman so as to do the job, to- to have regulation enforcement on the bottom. And, after all, to outline the entire mission, and for a way lengthy, as a result of will probably be a transitional one, so as to assist to the Palestinians to imagine their 4 tasks, and to inform now we have the conclusion of the Palestinian state on the bottom.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You’re committing there to a Palestinian state. The President of the USA has given a extra imprecise language, and after I pressed the Secretary of State on this level simply final weekend, he stated, That is far off sooner or later. How lengthy do you assume it will take earlier than Palestinians are ruling Gaza and that we’ll see a state?
BADR ABDELATTY: Effectively, what’s very pressing now’s, after all, ending this conflict on the harmless civilians in Gaza, present as a lot as meals and medication to the folks there. After which now we have to maneuver ahead with regard to the early restoration and reconstructions of Gaza. And naturally, speaking about points associated to the governance and the safety association in Gaza. And naturally, from our viewpoint, the top recreation, the ultimate, complete answer would be the realization of the Palestinian state. As a result of with out that, we’re assured by way of now we have to attract classes from the previous, that with out fixing the Palestinian trigger, which is the core of the battle within the area, with out respecting the professional aspirations of the Palestinians to have their very own statehood, you recognize, there is no such thing as a peace and stability within the area. And the Trump peace plan, it refers back to the statehood. And naturally, 144 nations voted in favor of the two-state answer in New York not too long ago. So this can be a recreation on city.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Effectively, once more, that is going to seemingly take lots of time. I wish to return to the query of safety, as a result of it’s important for rebuilding, and share with you a few of what the United Nations estimates right here. The UN says 92% of housing models in Gaza are destroyed or broken. Virtually 92% of faculties would require full reconstruction or rehab. 77% of the overall highway community has been broken. 86% of complete cropland is destroyed. How a lot is that this going to price, and the place is that this cash coming from?
BADR ABDELATTY: Effectively, to start with, now we have full confidence on the management of President Trump and his imaginative and prescient for peace. He is the one one that is succesful to finish the conflict and to open a brand new chapter within the Center East, a chapter of hope, of prosperity and peace for all peoples, together with, after all, the Israeli folks, the Palestinians, and all peoples in our area. So we’re very appreciative, we’re commanding his management, and we’re in full help of his imaginative and prescient and his management. That is one. Quantity two, we’re working very exhausting now with regard to convening a global convention in cooperation between Egypt and the USA, in addition to with lots of companions, together with Germany, European Union, France, Italy, Spain, Qatar, Gulf Cooperation Council, Japan, all people is standing able to take part on this convention for The reconstruction and redevelopment of Gaza, will probably be a merge between the Arab and Islamic plan for the reconstruction and the Trump peace plan. So I met in the present day with the Deputy Secretary Common for Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations, Tom Fletcher, and we’re working very exhausting now for having a last evaluation report. On the–
MARGARET BRENNAN: Effectively, we’ll search for that quantity to be launched sooner or later, Mr. International Minister, I’ve to depart it there for now. Good luck with the convention. We’ll be proper again.
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