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Egyptian foreign policy: Step-by-step diplomacy
 If only everyone just accepted that Egypt is the natural leader of the Muslim Middle East, and did as they were advised! [AlAhram] Cairo is busy recalibrating its diplomatic choices.Libya, Paleostinian-Israeli talks, Paleostinian reconciliation, Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , and the Grand Æthiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have each been addressed in a series of meetings — the Hurghada meeting on the Libyan constitutional track on Tuesday, the extraordinary session of the Arab Council of Foreign Ministers on Monday, with sideline talks conducted by both President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri, the Paleostinian factions talks in Cairo, also on Monday, and on Saturday, remotely, the AU summit — to which Egypt was party. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-14 |
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