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Erdogan “Saddened” to See Egypt in Solidarity with Greece
Credit: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that it “saddens him” to see Egypt in solidarity with Greece.
“You know our attitude towards the Egyptian people is very, very positive, that is, there is a historical relationship between the Egyptian people and the Turkish nation,” he told reporters after attending Friday prayers at an Istanbul mosque.
” width=”1080″>“That is why we are in an effort to regain our historical union with the Egyptian people, not as hostile brothers, but as friends,” he continued.
Can privatization save Egypt’s railways? The Egyptian government is seeking partnerships with private and international companies to improve and manage the country’s dilapidated railway network. A paramedic speaks with a man next to an overturned passenger carriage at the scene of a railway accident in the city of Toukh in Egypt s central Nile Delta province of Qalyubiya on April 18, 2021. - AYMAN AREF/AFP via Getty Images
May 8, 2021
CAIRO After three train accidents in Egypt within one month left dozens of people wounded or dead, Egyptian Transportation Minister Kamel al-Wazir said in a press release April 21 that there are plans for a number of new trains on Egypt’s railways to be managed by international companies. The plan, he added, aims to provide better services and bring modern expertise to Egypt.
May 7, 2021
The sale of 30 Rafale fighter jets by France to Egypt in a deal reportedly worth €3.9 billion has raised eyebrows in India. Earlier, France and India had signed a pact for 36 Rafale jets in 2016, which was signed at twice the rate of €7.8 billion.
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is said to have signed the deal on April 26 as part of defense contracts worth almost four billion euros, investigative website Disclose claimed.
While around €3.75 billion was for the purchase of 30 Rafale jets from Dassault, the rest was used to sign deals with MBDA and Safran Electronics and Defense for the sale of missile equipment.
Turkey faces rough road to normalization with Egypt Turkey’s reconciliation with Egypt is not likely to be easy, but progress after the first high-level meeting between the two sides could mark a new course in Ankara’s foreign policy and pave the way for its reconciliation with the Gulf heavyweights as well. Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal (C) and his delegation meet with their Egyptian counterparts in the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Egypt s capital, Cairo, on May 5, 2021. Turkey and Egypt have begun slowly warming ties as they vie for regional primacy a decade after the Arab Spring, but analysts say deep-seated mistrust means full normalization will take time. The talks come nearly two months after Ankara established the first diplomatic contacts with Cairo since 2013 as part of wider efforts to mend fences with Middle Eastern rivals. - KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images