Bra de fer Erdogan – Sisi: Let foreign forces leave Libya, Egypt’s president said

Coughing and… complimenting the joint interview Press handed over by the president of Egypt, and his Turkish counterpart, Ankara. A visit of historical importance that was sealed after the signing of 17 agreements and Cece to … asks that “foreign forces” leave Libya. The Egyptian president and Recep Tayyip Erdogan made statements after the meeting of the Turkish-Egypt High Level Cooperation Council and showed that… they have buried the axe of the verbal war. Erdogan welcomed the Egyptian president at Ankara airport at 14:00 noon and accompanied by 21 cannons. During the visit of the Egyptian president to the Turkish capital, al Sisi and Erdogan, they presided over the meeting of the Turkish-Egypt High Level Cooperation Council. Abdel Fatah al Sisi, in post earlier in X, had stated that his visit and that of Erdogan to Cairo last February prove the will of the two countries to open a new page of friendship and cooperation. In their joint statements, the Turkish President stated that in addition to Gaza, he discussed regional issues with his Egyptian counterpart, in particular with regard to the Eastern Mediterranean, Syria, Libya, Sudan and the Horn of Africa: “We are determined to strengthen our consultations with Egypt, with which we have similar attitudes and objectives on many issues. We hope that from now on we will have closer cooperation. We will proceed with our multidimensional relations with an approach that will be mutually beneficial for all (e.g. Kazan-kazan as he said)”. The Turkish president has been particularly active in developments around the Gaza war, stressing that Turkey and Egypt are adopting a common stance on this issue. “Unfortunately, some countries are still complicit in the crimes committed by providing unconditional support to Israel. No deterrent measures are taken to stop the policy of massacres of the Netanyahu government, which endangers the entire region, even the whole world,” Erdogan said and stressed that: “Everyone should now realize the unacceptableness of such an image that hurts consciences. Preventing Israel from dragging our region into greater tension is only possible if the controversial policies are abandoned.” Turkey’s president recalled that Egypt mediated the ceasefire negotiations with Qatar and the United States and said Turkey supported this process through the foreign ministry and MIT intelligence agency. He accused Israel of the uncompromising and tempting tactic to then refer to the murder of Ishmael Haniya, a Hamas political leader, saying: “In the end, Israel showed what kind of mentality it has, testifying to its negotiator in the negotiations. I would like to say here very clearly that we reject Netanyahu’s accusations against Egypt. Against all this, we have done and do everything we can to increase pressure on the Israeli government.” For his part Abdel Fatah al Sisi said that the two countries should act together to implement a ceasefire and decided to cooperate in preventing humanitarian crises. “As Turkey and Egypt, we have highlighted the urgent need for ceasefire, the end of Israeli violations on the West Bank and the immediate realization of Palestine’s right to establish a Palestinian state within the 1967 border with East Jerusalem as the capital,” the Egyptian president said. He also said that Cairo fully supports Turkey’s diplomacy, stressing that “we must work more intensively, especially for our brothers in Gaza and Palestine” As far as Libya is concerned, al-Sisi said it is important that both presidential and parliamentary elections be held, that security in the country is established and foreign forces leave. President Sisi also said they agree with his Turkish counterpart on the need to protect Somalia’s territorial integrity. According to Erdogan, with the joint statement signed after the talks in Ankara, both sides confirm their willingness to promote cooperation in all areas, including industry, trade, defence, health, environment and energy. “Trade and the economy are the strongest dimension of our cooperation. For the last 10 years, we have continued to be among Egypt’s top five trading partners. We are moving decisively towards our goal of increasing our trade volume to $15 billion over the next five years,” the Turkish President noted. Turkey’s expectations of this meeting, which it described as historic, were from the outset related to the war in Gaza, the Eastern Mediterranean, the developments in Libya, energy, and also to the export agreements of the Turkish defence industry, particularly on drones, training aircraft and the construction of warships. It is recalled that after the 2013 military coup in Egypt, relations between the two countries entered a period of crisis. Recep Tayyip Erdogan had sided with Egyptian overthrown president Mohammed Morsi, describing Sisi as “a murderer and a coup d’état. ” The ice between the two presidents began melting in November 2022, when they shook hands on the margins of the Qatar World Cup and the mutual appointment of ambassadors from the two countries last summer. The president of Turkey first visited Cairo on 14 February this year. After the presidential election in May 2023 and the re-election of Erdogan, Turkish sources leaked the information that Egyptian President Sisi is expected to visit Ankara, a visit that finally took place today, September 4, 2024. In early August, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, visited Cairo, and there he had announced that the first meeting of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council Turkey-Egypt will take place during the Egyptian president’s visit to Turkey and that he and his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelati, discussed the preparatory work for this meeting.