Morsi’s Egypt and Ahmadinejad’s Iran: Much Ado Over Next to Nothing
EXECUTIVE SUMMA
RY: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s hosting last week of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signals a potential improvement in ties between Egypt and Iran. It also sends a strong message to the US that Morsi’s Egypt is different than Mubarak’s Egypt. Morsi’s move, however, will backfire, as it endangers Cairo’s receiving much-needed economic aid from the US and Gulf states. Ultimately he needs the US and Gulf countries more than they need him.
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first elected president, is learning the hard way about how difficult it is to implement personal convictions as head of state. Domestically he was surprised by the resistance put up by the national opposition to his attempts to politically Islamize Egypt. In foreign affairs, his attempts to improve relations with Iran by personally inviting Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Organization of the Islamic
Arab states begin dialogue with Turkey after yearslong rift
Recent meetings signal that Turkey is reaching out diplomatically to powerful Arab states. But can President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reestablish influence in the Middle East and North Africa?
For years, relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been tense
Cairo one week, Riyadh the next: Turkish travel diplomacy is running at a clip, and the month of Ramadan has provided the appropriate framework for reconciliation. Turkish diplomats are working to reset the country s rather strained relations across the Middle East and North Africa.
Internationally, Turkey has become quite isolated. The country s relationship with the European Union has fared poorly through a series of contentious issues, such as human rights, the dispute over the use of gas reserves in the Mediterranean and refugees.
First Turkish delegation in 8 years arrives in Cairo May 6, 2021 at 1:54 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Europe & Russia, News, Turkey
Egypt s Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdi Sanad Loza (R) meets with his Turkish counterpart Sedat Onal (L) in the foreign ministry headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo on 5 May 2021. [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images] May 6, 2021 at 1:54 pm
An official Turkish delegation has arrived in Egypt on the first official visit in eight years as part of efforts by the two countries to restore diplomatic relations.
The visit is the start of two days of political consultations in the Egyptian capital to mend strained relations and restore normalised ties.
Memories of Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood mire Egypt-Turkey diplomatic efforts
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06/05/2021 - 10:29
Audio 03:53 By: Dorian Jones 7 min Turkey and Egypt have started diplomatic talks to restore ties frozen since the 2013 military coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Analysts predict such a rapprochement could have repercussions across the north African region, but Morsi s supporters could end up paying the heaviest price. Advertising
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that Egypt had agreed to high-level diplomatic talks in Cairo due to start in early May. The bilateral discussions are the first since the 2013 ousting of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a close ally of Turkey s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.