Egypt reacts on Israeli PM’s intention to control border

The spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed, Abu Zeid, has said that Cairo will remain in control of its borders.

Such a statement was made after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed during a press conference earlier that Israel is considering taking control after the war over the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs for 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) along the Gaza-Egypt border, according to The Times of Israel.

“Egypt fully controls its borders and controls it completely, and these issues are subject to legal and security agreements between the countries involved, so any talk on this matter is generally subject to scrutiny and is responded to with declared positions,” Ahmed Abu Zeid says during an interview with Egyptian television channel Sada El-Balad.