Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- Egypt has announced that Cairo will host an emergency Arab summit on Feb. 27 to address the latest developments concerning the Palestinian issue and the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

The summit was decided to be held after Egypt's high-level consultations with Arab nations, including Palestine, which requested the summit, and coordination with Bahrain, the current chair of the Arab League (AL) summit and the AL secretariat, according to the statement.

The announcement followed controversial remarks by US President Donald Trump suggesting the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, including Egypt and Jordan. The proposal has been widely rejected both reg...