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Egypt: Foreign Policy Push

Egypt: Foreign Policy Push The Egyptian government has been busy shoring up alliances old and new as dire economic domestic conditions bite hard and tensions simmered with stronger allies.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on April 13th during Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's visit to Ankara that the two states were working on appointing ambassadors and holding a president‐level meeting to further boost ties, state broadcaster TRT reported (13/4).Rapprochement turned to possible cooperation on Libya as both foreign ministers signalled the importance of free and fair elections in the country, and Cavusoglu suggested Turkey and Egypt could train a unified Libyan army.United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed paid a brief unannounced visit to Cairo, the Presidency of Egypt reported, during which he met Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al‐Sisi.The reason for the visit was unclear, but recent visits between Egypt and the Gulf states have been tied to Cairo's economic challenges and financial needs.Egypt's dire economic situation has emboldened the country's reliance on Gulf investments. But recent media reports have suggested that some Gulf states, namely Saudi Arabia, have grown displeased with Egypt's repeated requests for financial assistance.The Egyptian president briefly visited the kingdom on April 2nd. Local and pan‐Arab media were unsure of the trip's agenda in light of Egypt's domestic pressures and reports of a row brewing between the two states, which reportedly erupted after the Saudi finance minister said his country would no longer give out “unconditional foreign aid”.The Egyptian president also held talks in Cairo with Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al‐Halbousi about boosting ties between both countries. (BBC Monitoring 2/4)Egypt's month of diplomacy included receiving Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al‐Mekdad, who arrived to meet Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on April 1st in the first official visit for 11 years, Syrian state news agency Sana (1/4) reported.Sana said the meetings discussed “ways to develop” relations between the two countries, which broke down when the Syrian government's membership of the Cairo‐based Arab League was suspended at the onset of Syria's war. (BBC Monitoring 1,2,12-14/4) Flurry of visits Economic Series p. 24221B http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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The Egyptian government has been busy shoring up alliances old and new as dire economic domestic conditions bite hard and tensions simmered with stronger allies.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on April 13th during Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's visit to Ankara that the two states were working on appointing ambassadors and holding a president‐level meeting to further boost ties, state broadcaster TRT reported (13/4).Rapprochement turned to possible cooperation on Libya as both foreign ministers signalled the importance of free and fair elections in the country, and Cavusoglu suggested Turkey and Egypt could train a unified Libyan army.United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed paid a brief unannounced visit to Cairo, the Presidency of Egypt reported, during which he met Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al‐Sisi.The reason for the visit was unclear, but recent visits between Egypt and the Gulf states have been tied to Cairo's economic challenges and financial needs.Egypt's dire economic situation has emboldened the country's reliance on Gulf investments. But recent media reports have suggested that some Gulf states, namely Saudi Arabia, have grown displeased with Egypt's repeated requests for financial assistance.The Egyptian president briefly visited the kingdom on April 2nd. Local and pan‐Arab media were unsure of the trip's agenda in light of Egypt's domestic pressures and reports of a row brewing between the two states, which reportedly erupted after the Saudi finance minister said his country would no longer give out “unconditional foreign aid”.The Egyptian president also held talks in Cairo with Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al‐Halbousi about boosting ties between both countries. (BBC Monitoring 2/4)Egypt's month of diplomacy included receiving Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al‐Mekdad, who arrived to meet Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on April 1st in the first official visit for 11 years, Syrian state news agency Sana (1/4) reported.Sana said the meetings discussed “ways to develop” relations between the two countries, which broke down when the Syrian government's membership of the Cairo‐based Arab League was suspended at the onset of Syria's war. (BBC Monitoring 1,2,12-14/4) Flurry of visits Economic Series p. 24221B

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Published: May 1, 2023

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