Sisi said any international coalition to combat terrorism “should be comprehensive and not exclusively target a specific organisation or eradicate a certain terrorist hotspot”.
The Arab states agreed in a communique to do more to stop the flow of funds and fighters to Islamic State and help rebuild communities “brutalised” by the group.
Arab League foreign ministers also called to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to “Islamist extremist groups” in Iraq and Syria.