CAIRO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday highlighted the importance of reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace process swiftly during a phone call with his newly appointed Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.
"Reviving peace process is the only and the ideal way for achieving the vision of the two-state solution and establishing a Palestinian state, so as to reach regional comprehensive peace and stability," Shoukry told Cohen.
Egypt has been and will continue to promote peace in the region and bear its historical responsibility for promoting peace and ending regional conflict, the Egyptian top diplomat said in a statement.
He underlined the significance of stopping the unilateral measures that would complicate the situation and called for maintaining the legal and historical position of Jerusalem city.
"Egypt will continue its efforts for fixing the truce between the Israeli and the Palestinian sides," Shoukry said. ■