By Muhammad Al Gebaly and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take control of the enclave.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed Arab opposition to former U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states support Palestinians in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take control of the enclave.

President Trump said in an interview with Fox News that the two million Palestinians he wants to move from Gaza to neighboring countries will not have the right to return to the enclave. Why it matters: Trump's suggestion last week that the U.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Atty reiterated his country's "complete rejection" of the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza during his first meeting with his American counterpart, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,