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Israel said to complain to Egypt over exclusion from diplomatic briefings
[IsraelTimes] Ambassador reportedly voices objection over having never been invited to official events, despite security cooperation between nationsIsrael has reportedly lodged a formal complaint with Egypt for regularly excluding it from diplomatic events and briefings. A recent missive from Ambassador to Egypt David Govrin said "Israel’s embassy in Cairo wishes to express its chagrin over the fact that it has never been invited" to briefings held by the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Ministry, the Kan public broadcaster reported Thursday. According to the report, that included a briefing on Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in Sinai, a matter on which the Egyptian and Israeli militaries are believed to cooperate closely. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon would not confirm the complaint, saying, "We do not comment on internal ministry communications." Since they established diplomatic relations in 1978 after years of hostility and a series of wars, ties between Israel and Egypt have historically been civil but frosty. In recent years the two countries have enjoyed closer intelligence and security ties over their shared enmity toward Islamist terror groups and other common regional concerns. Official relations have remained complicated, however, and Israel is deeply unpopular with the Egyptian public. In November Cairo’s Ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat said the peace treaty between the nations will remains incomplete as long as a Paleostinian state has not been created. That same month Egyptian officials declined an Israeli invitation to a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s historic visit to Israel in 1977, which paved the way for peace. In September Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in New York in the first-ever public sit-down between the two leaders. The pair had "a comprehensive discussion about the problems of the region," according to the Prime Minister’s Office. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-12 |
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