Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar will hold a quadrilateral meeting in Cairo on Sunday.
According to a late announcement by Egypt's state news agency, expanded talks and a press conference will follow the meeting.
Agenda Focused on Regional Stability and Cooperation
A former Egyptian diplomat, in an assessment to Asharq Al-Awsat, stated that the meeting will focus on ways to strengthen regional cooperation, deepen partnership, and ensure coordination on regional issues.
The diplomat added that the talks will also address completing efforts to reduce tension in the region and narrowing differences in the 60-day negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
The quadrilateral group played a significant role in the signing of the Washington-Tehran agreement days earlier. Official efforts began in March in the Saudi capital Riyadh, followed by meetings in Islamabad and Antalya as part of efforts to end the Iran war.
Coordination for Agreement Implementation
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced that Abdelatty held separate phone calls on Friday with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
The official statement noted that the Egyptian and Pakistani ministers emphasized the importance of continued coordination and joint consultations in the coming period to ensure the implementation of the agreement and reach a final, sustainable agreement that strengthens diplomatic solutions.
In his call with Araghchi, Abdelatty expressed hope that the memorandum of understanding would be a significant milestone supporting security and stability in the region and pave the way for addressing all issues through dialogue and diplomatic means.
Seeking a Lasting Regional Order
Ambassador Mohamed Hegazy, a member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs and former assistant foreign minister, said the call for the quadrilateral meeting is an important step in regional consultations at a time of deep strategic shifts in the Middle East.
Hegazy stated that the 'consultative quartet' has proven its existence as an effective regional and international framework and has the capacity to address issues in coordination with regional states and major powers to calm regional conditions and deal with their problems.
Noting that the meeting's importance goes beyond traditional political coordination, Hegazy expects the agenda to include support for consolidating the Washington-Tehran agreement, discussions on Gaza and Lebanon, and support for efforts to ensure sustainable regional calm.
Hegazy also expressed the need to establish institutional dialogue mechanisms to strengthen economic, security, and humanitarian cooperation among the region's countries.
