By Nardine Ali / Cairo Guinea: In times of uncertainty, Cairo plays it safe. In an endless series of military coups in the African continent, Guinea has witnessed the latest episode, when the 83-year-old President Alpha Condé was overthrown by the 41-year-old former French legionnaire, Col. Mamady Doumbouya on September 5. “The army had little choice but to seize power ...
The Turkish-Egyptian Relations are at a critical turning point. After 8 years, the first diplomatic contact between the two countries was finally established in last May. Meanwhile, the Egyptian government is also stepping up its diplomatic initiatives in Libya, Gaza, Iraq and Qatar. United World International has interviewed the Former Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Rakha Ahmed Hassan about the Turkish-Egyptian ...
by Nardine Ali / Cairo Egypt’s Foreign Minister lauded recent statements made by Turkey, saying they show Ankara’s interest in moving to a phase of political openness, which he hopes will lead to further positive action. During a telephone interview with the “Cairo Talk” TV program, Sameh Shoukry described Turkey’s suspension of the Muslim Brotherhood’s channels broadcasting from its territories ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo In February, Egypt launched an international bid round for the exploration of oil and natural gas in 24 blocks. The Egyptian authorities determined the according exploration field in respect to Turkish claims of Exclusive Economic Zone in the Mediterranean. This was interpreted in Ankara as a gesture and caused several declarations from the Foreign Minister, ...
The recent traffic of diplomacy between Ankara and Cairo has become a top topic in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has declared that Ankara was open to negotiate Exclusive Economic Zone borders in the Eastern Mediterranean with Egypt and displayed even readiness to sign an agreement. The Foreign Minister’s declarations called the “fragile relation” between Turkey and ...