Egypt Sisi to Ebadi: We support the unity of Iraq and we reject any interference

October 17, 2016 By administrator

egept-sisi Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Confirmed the general commander of the armed forces, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on Monday, that the liberation of the city of Mosul operations from the control of the organization “Daesh” going well, inter-Sisi that his country supports Iraq’s unity and rejects any interference in its internal affairs.

Information Office of the Prime Minister said in a statement Alsumaria News received a copy of it, “the prime minister discussed with the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi telephoned Sir edit Mosul operations and enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries.”

The Abadi, according to the statement, that “the liberation of Mosul operations are going well and our heroine, which represents all components are making progress and will complete the march of victories,” pointing to “the development of plans to protect civilians from the people of Mosul, waiting to enter our forces them to rid them of Daesh gangs.”

He said al-Abadi, that “some people want to disrupt the process of liberalization of Mosul, but we are continuing the process of editing,” noting that “the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi territory is unacceptable and condemnable.”

For his part, al-Sisi stressed “his country’s support for Iraq and its territorial integrity and reject any interference in its internal affairs,” pointing to “support for the Iraqi government’s efforts to preserve the lives of civilians in Mosul.”

He said al-Sisi, “We are with you in the fight against terrorism and extremism Iraq is for the Iraqis and we seek to enhance cooperation between the two countries in all fields.”

Egypt President Sisi Praises Russian Role in Syria Stabilization

October 8, 2015 By administrator

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi gave a positive assessment of the actions taken by the Russian armed forces in Syria, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has described in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin Russia’s contribution to the stabilization of the situation in Syria as positive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

According to Peskov, Sisi called the Kremlin on Wednesday to congratulate Putin on his birthday.

“The sides also discussed the Russian military operation in support of the Syrian army,” Peskov said.

“Sisi gave a positive assessment of the actions taken by the Russian armed forces [in Syria],” he stressed.
Russia’s Sukhoi Su-25, Su-24M and Su-34 attack aircraft, with the support of Su-30 jets, commenced precision airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria on September 30, following a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.
On Wednesday, Russia launched a total of 26 cruise missiles from combat ships in the Caspian Sea against ISIL targets.

Source: sputniknews.com

Turkey: Whistleblower “Fuat Avni” claims Erdoğan apologized to Sisi at secret meeting in Saudi Arabia

March 21, 2015 By administrator

A government whistleblower who tweets under the pseudonym Fuat Avni has alleged that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan apologized to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during a secret meeting in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ met with king Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on March 2, only one day after Sisi’s visit, prompting speculation that Saudi Arabia played a mediating role between Turkey and Egypt with the aim of repairing relations between the two countries, which have been at odds for several years.

Erdoğan has been one of the leading critics of Sisi, Egypt’s former military head, ever since he came to power after removing former President Mohamed Morsi — the country’s first democratically elected and a member of the MB — via a military coup in July 2013. President Erdoğan has also accused the international community of hypocrisy for giving legitimacy to Sisi and not taking a stand against him after the coup in Egypt.

Fuat Avni tweeted on Friday night that Erdoğan had sent three mediators to Sisi to mend ties and the Egyptian president was convinced to meet with Erdoğan after new Saudi king interfered in the issue. “Yezid and Sisi met in the presence of the Saudi king in Saudi Arabia. Yezid apologized to Sisi,” the Twitter whistleblower claimed.

Fuat Avni refers to Erdoğan as Yezid, which is a reference to the Umayyad caliph, who according to Islamic belief allowed his opponent Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, to die of thirst in the Battle of Karbala.
The whistleblower also claimed that Erdoğan “begged” Sisi and Salman not to disclose the secret meeting. He also alleged that the president told his inner circle that he would even meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Egypt summons Turkish diplomat over Erdoğan’s criticism of Sisi calling Egypt President “illegitimate tyrant,”

July 20, 2014 By administrator

July 20, 2014, Sunday/ 22:39:54/ REUTERS / CAIRO
Cairo’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Turkish charge d’affaires in protest over derogatory comments by Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan, aimed at the Egyptian president, state media reported.

Erdoğan, a long time supporter of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood which was removed from power by the army last year, called President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi an “illegitimate tyrant,” according to media reports.
The prime minister also slammed Egypt’s efforts to mediate a ceasefire to end the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Islamist Hamas, which has rejected the truce proposal.

Erdoğan is a vocal supporter of Hamas, which Egypt sees as a security threat because it is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
He has ratcheted up his rhetoric against Israel and its allies in recent days, accusing the Jewish state of “surpassing Hitler in barbarism,” and criticising the US and the rest of the Muslim world for failing to intervene.
It is not the first time Turkey’s premier has lashed out at Sisi, having previously accused him of toppling Egypt’s Islamist president, Muhammad Morsi, in a “military coup.”
Late last year, Egypt expelled the Turkish ambassador to Cairo, accusing him of undermining the country. Ankara responded by declaring the Egyptian ambassador to Cairo persona non grata.
Erdoğan is hoping to become Turkey’s first directly elected president in polls due on Aug. 10. Anti-Israel and pro-Muslim Brotherhood feeling is rife amongst the largely Sunni conservative voter base he is relying on to give him victory.

Erdogan slams Egypt’s Sisi as ‘tyrant’ over Cairo policy toward Hamas

July 18, 2014 By administrator

By HERB KEINON, JPOST.COM STAFF

“Is Sisi a party (to a ceasefire)? Sisi is a tyrant himself,” Erdogan told reporters. “He is not different from the others.”

Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party Photo: REUTERS

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lashed out at Egypt’s newly installed president, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, for Cairo’s antagonistic attitude toward Hamas.

When asked about Egyptian mediation efforts aimed at bringing about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Erdogan scoffed.

“Is Sisi a party (to a ceasefire)? Sisi is a tyrant himself,” Erdogan was quoted by AFP as telling reporters. “He is not different from the others.”

Turkey has been critical of Egypt’s decision to seal the Gaza-Sinai border crossings. Ankara also opposed the Egyptian military’s toppling of Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, leading to Sisi’s ascension.

In November, Egypt expelled Turkey’s ambassador from Cairo due to Ankara’s expressed support for Morsi.
“Egypt is not a party, they are trying to legitimize (the Sisi administration) in Egypt. It is not a legitimate administration. It is illegitimate,” Erdogan said.

The Turkish leader, who accused Israel of “genocide” against the Palestinians, slammed Jerusalem’s policy – supported by Egypt and the West – of shunning Hamas.

“Hamas is a party there,” he said.

Earlier Friday, Israel recalled the families of diplomats in Ankara and Istanbul following violent protests outside the embassy and consulate in those cities Thursday night.Friday.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Israel also decided to further reduce its diplomatic entourage in Turkey, which is already small following Turkey’s expulsion of Israel’s ambassador following the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident.

Rocks were thrown and windows broken during the Thursday night protests, which followed virulent comments made by Erdogan who accused Israel of attempting “systematic genocide” against the Palestinians in Gaza.

In one incident the Israel flag was ripped down from the ambassador’s residence in Ankara, and replaced with a Palestinian one.

A statement from Liberman’s office said that the Turkish security officials did not take action to prevent the violence, and said that Turkey was responsible for the well-being of the diplomats who remain there. .

Liberman directed the Foreign Ministry to gravely protest the Turkish inaction, a violation of various international treaties meant to protect diplomats.

One official said it was ironic that Turkey wants to now play a role in mediating a cease-fire.

Egypt’s Sisi says independence for Iraq’s Kurds would be ‘catastrophic’

July 6, 2014 By administrator

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday a referendum on the independence of Iraq’s Kurdish region would lead to a “catastrophic” break up of the country, which is facing an onslaught by Sunni Islamist militants.

The comments from Sisi, leader of the most populous Arab nation, indicate a growing fear in the region that the division of Iraq could further empower the insurgents who have declared a “caliphate” on land seized in Iraq and neighbouring Syria.

“The referendum that the Kurds are asking for now is in reality no more than the start of a catastrophic division of Iraq into smaller rival states,” Egypt’s MENA news agency quoted Sisi as saying during a meeting with local journalists.

The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish north, Massoud Barzani, asked the region’s parliament on Thursday to prepare the way for a referendum on independence.

Iraq’s five million Kurds, who have ruled themselves in relative peace since the 1990s, have expanded their territory by up to 40 percent in recent weeks as the Sunni Islamist militants seized vast stretches of western and northern Iraq.

Egypt, a traditionally regional diplomatic heavy weight, has been embroiled in domestic turmoil for three years since a 2011 uprising ousted autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.

Sisi said he warned the United States and Europe about the ambitions of the Islamic State militants, which have shortened their name from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

“ISIL had a plan to take over Egypt,” Sisi said. “I had warned the United States and Europe from providing any aid to them and told them they will come out of Syria to target Iraq then Jordan then Saudi Arabia.”

Sisi, Egypt’s former army chief, last year orchestrated the ouster of the state’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was elected in a free vote, in reaction to mass protests against his rule.

Sisi’s interim government that ruled until his election had cracked down on Islamists. Thousands of Islamist activists and members in Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood group have been jailed since Mursi’s ouster last July and hundreds of street protesters were killed.

The Muslim Brotherhood group, the state’s oldest and most organised movement, is now banned and declared a terrorist organisation.

(Reporting by Yasmine Saleh; Editing by Sophie Hares)

This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed.

Egypt’s Sisi visits Sudan after Africa ’terrorism’ warning

June 28, 2014 By administrator

KHARTOUM – AFP

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir (L) shakes hands with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) before Sisi departures the Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum June 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi landed in Islamist neighbour Sudan on Friday for a lightning visit, which an analyst said would attempt to shore up a regional alliance against Islamic “terrorism”.

An AFP photographer at Khartoum airport confirmed the Egyptian leader’s plane had touched down and said Sisi, wearing a dark suit and sunglasses, left about two hours later.

The official SUNA news agency said Sisi was “on a short visit” for talks with President Omar al-Bashir.

“The two presidents held talks at the Guest House on bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern,” SUNA said.

About 300 Islamists protested the visit outside a downtown Khartoum mosque, a witness said.

Sisi arrived a day after he told the African Union summit in Equatorial Guinea the continent must reinforce cooperation to face a “plague” of cross-border terrorist groups.

He took a similar message to Algeria on Wednesday during his first foreign trip since his election in May.

“Egypt, the Gulf countries and now Algeria — Egypt is trying to build a regional alliance to fight Islamic terrorism,” University of Khartoum political scientist Safwat Fanous told AFP.

“So they would like to see Sudan as part of this alliance in order to isolate Qatar and Turkey, who are… the main supporters of the (Muslim) Brotherhood Movement.”

Egypt jointly ruled Sudan with Britain until 1956.

Sisi, while he was still army chief, toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July. Sisi then won the May presidential poll by a landslide after crushing the opposition.

Egypt designated Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement a terrorist organisation in December and its members have been subjected to a crackdown which has left more than 1,400 people dead and at least 15,000 jailed.

Saudi Arabia also declared the Brotherhood a “terrorist” organisation, and it is banned in many Gulf countries.

Before his ouster, Morsi visited Sudan in a visit which President Bashir’s office hailed as “historic”.

Bashir’s 25-year-old regime relies on a base of support which is essentially the same as the Muslim Brotherhood, although it does not use that name.

Sudan is close to regionally-isolated Qatar, which was accused of backing groups like the Brotherhood.

Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, visited Sudan in April and pledged $1 billion (730 million euros) to help boost cash-strapped Khartoum’s hard currency reserves.

But Khartoum’s ties to Doha do not preclude its rejecting advances from Sisi, Fanous said.

“In politics there are no permanent friends, nor permanent enemies,” he said. “I think it all depends on who will benefit the regime better.”

Sudan has a debt of more than $40 billion, much of it in arrears, and has been under American sanctions since 1997.

Adding to the country’s isolation, diplomatic and other sources said in March that major European and Saudi banks had stopped dealing with Sudan.

The country has been plagued by inflation, a declining currency and lack of reserves since South Sudan separated three years ago with most of Sudan’s oil production.

Egypt’s political turmoil that began with the ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011 has had a ruinous effect on its economy, although Gulf states have pledged billions in support for Cairo since Morsi’s ouster.

Sisi, however, is unlikely to have any financial aid to offer Sudan.

“But he may mediate between Sudan on the one side, and the West and the Gulf countries on the other side,” to ease economic pressures on Khartoum, he said.

On another issue, Fanous said Sisi likely wants Sudan’s help to mediate a dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance dam under construction in that country.

Egypt has expressed particular fears that the dam project could diminish the supply of Nile River water on which it is almost entirely dependent.

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Egypt’s Sisi sworn in and hails ‘historic moment’

June 8, 2014 By administrator

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi pledged to ”fully care about the interests of the people”

Ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as Egypt’s new president after a landslide win in May elections.

He said his election was “a democratic, peaceful handover of power” that represented “a historic moment and turning point” for the nation.

Security forces were deployed at key locations around the capital Cairo for the ceremony at the Supreme Constitutional Court.

The retired field marshal overthrew President Mohammed Morsi last July.

He has since been pursuing a crackdown on Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which urged a boycott of the elections.

Liberal and secular activists, including the 6 April youth movement which was prominent in the 2011 revolution that ousted long-serving President Hosni Mubarak, also shunned the 26-28 May poll in protest at the curtailing of civil rights.

‘No coup’

Mr Sisi, 59, was sworn in for a four-year term at a ceremony shown live on television.

He signed the document authorising him to take over power from interim president, Adly Mansour.

Mr Sisi said: “Throughout its extended history over thousands of years, our country has never witnessed a democratic peaceful handover of power.”

He said it was time “for our great people to obtain the fruits of their two revolutions… the time has come to build a more stable future”.

Mr Sisi’s victory came almost a year after he ousted Egypt’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi, following mass protests against his rule.

At the swearing-in, the Supreme Constitutional Court deputy head, Maher Sami, said the ousting was not a coup, and that Mr Sisi had responded to the will of the people.

Justices present for the ceremony applauded after Mr Sisi took the oath.

Who is Egypt’s new president?

Born in Cairo in 1954
Had long military career, latterly specialising mainly in military intelligence
Appointed army chief under Mohammed Morsi
Key figure in interim government after ousting Morsi in July 2013

Profile: Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

Mr Sisi vowed he would “establish a new Egypt – a strong, just and secure country which enjoys prosperity”.

In the May elections, Mr Sisi secured 96.9% of the vote and his sole challenger, left-winger Hamdeen Sabahi, received only 3.1%. Turnout was less than 50%.

Crowds are expected to flock to Cairo’s Tahrir Square to celebrate his victory, the BBC’s Orla Guerin in the Egyptian capital reports.

Mr Sisi inherits a nation that is divided and weary, our correspondent says. Experts warn that if he cannot deliver in the next year or two he could also face a mass revolt.

One student, Israa Youssef, told Reuters: “Sisi has to do something in his first 100 days, people will watch closely and there might be another revolution. That’s what people are like in this country.”

Mr Sisi faces an array of challenges, including fixing the economy, preventing further political crises and easing poverty.

More than a quarter of Egyptians live below the poverty line. Mr Sisi has pledged to build 26 new tourist resorts, eight new airports and 22 industrial estates.

He has promised to restore security in a country where attacks by Islamist militants have left hundreds of security personnel dead over the past 11 months.

The militants have stepped up attacks in response to the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, in which more than 1,400 people have been killed and 16,000 detained.

Mr Morsi and other senior leaders of the Brotherhood, which has been designated a terrorist organisation, are standing trial on a series of charges. They strongly deny any wrongdoing.