Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said a future Palestinian state could be demilitarised and have a temporary international security presence to provide guarantees to both Palestine and Israel, Reuters reports.

“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 said.

A political resolution which requires a Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, has remained out of reach, he added.