President Abdel Fattah el Sisi affirmed his country’s “categorical rejection of the displacement of Palestinians to Egypt in any way or form, a position that enjoys full international consensus,” according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency, TRT World reports.

It came during a telephone call received by el Sisi from French President Emmanuel Macron amid Israel’s escalation in Rafah and international warnings against pushing Palestinians toward Egyptian territories.

The presidency said el Sisi received the call to discuss “ongoing efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, exchanging captives, and delivering humanitarian aid.”

The two leaders reviewed the latest developments and stressed the need for concerned parties “to cooperate to ensure progress that leads to the stopping of the bloodshed and alleviation of the current human suffering in Gaza.”