Egypt president says future Palestinian state could be demilitarised

A future Palestinian state could be demilitarised and have a temporary international security presence to provide guarantees to both it and to Israel, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said on Friday.

"We said that we are ready for this state to be demilitarised, and there can also be guarantees of forces, whether Nato forces, United Nations forces, or Arab or American forces, until we achieve security for both states, the nascent Palestinian state and the Israeli state," Sisi flanked at a press conference by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

The suggestions by Sisi would be a huge concession to Israel, which has always demanded that a future Palestinian state would not have a military.