Abdurrahman Salahuddin, the Former Egyptian Ambassador to Ankara, has given an exclusive interview for the Turkish TV channel KRT. During the interview, he spoke about the current disputes between the two countries, while giving his assessments about a diplomatic rapprochement. Here are some highlights of that interview: “I presented my letter of credence with my wife to the Former President ...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt should move towards a “mutual agreement” on the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). His words came on Tuesday, August 25 during his visit to the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also arrived in Khartoum at this time. The State Department said that ...
President Erdogan, said that he “find(s) it difficult to understand Egypt” during his speech in which he announced that negotiations at the level of intelligence organizations with Egypt are still in effect. After Erdogan’s important statements, I called former Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Rakha Ahmed Hassan, whom I had the opportunity to meet with many times in Cairo, in order ...
Attempts to encircle Turkey from North Africa, the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean are gaining more momentum. It is useful to take a look at the events that have been taking place in Libya, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt, in order to see the full picture. FRENCH INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL IN LIBYA In Libya, where tensions have recently been at a ...
The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreement between Athens and Cairo caused great discomfort, especially in Greece. For days, the Greek press has covered how ‘Greek rights’ were presented. Intense objections arising over the agreement show that the approval process in the Greek Parliament is also subject to serious debates. The agreement of two countries with such a push, which has ...
Burning the Kuwaiti flag ignites dispute between the two peoples Footage of an Egyptian citizen offering pedestrians to burn the Kuwaiti flag for LE 500 ($31) has stirred controversy through the social media platforms, where Kuwaitis expressed their outrage over the insult to their country’s symbol. The heat has moved from social media to the official Kuwaiti authorities. The Kuwaiti ...
On July 5, Egypt announced that it had suspended participation in negotiations with Ethiopia on the Hidase – Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydroelectric power plant and that additional internal consultations would be held. The text of the agreement proposed by the Ethiopian side was the main reason for the collapse in negotiations: according to the Egyptian Ministry of Water ...
Onur Sinan Güzaltan, one of the experts at UWIdata, gave an interview on the general aspects of Turkish foreign policy, Turkish-Egyptian relations, the latest event in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the situation of Libya and the Khashoggi case, for the Iranian newspaper, Tehran Times. The Tehran Times featured the interview prominently in their newspaper and on their website with the ...
The dispute between the two countries, which began in 2013 when Mohammad Morsi was overthrown and General Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi had come to power, has deepened even more with the polarization in the Eastern Mediterranean, and now has come to a point of possible conflict over Libya. After the Egyptian Parliament gave President al-Sisi the right “to take the necessary ...
By Nardine Ali The women of Egypt have spoken up about years of sexual harassment and assaults. The recent wave of the movement has been caused by the allegations of several women that a student of the upscale American University in Cairo (AUC), Ahmed Bassam Zaki, sexually assaulted them and blackmailed them to continue their relationship with him. The victims, ...