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Egypt tells Iran that Gulf security is "red line"
2011-06-14
CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby on Monday told Iran not to meddle in the internal affairs of Gulf Arab states, saying that Cairo considers the security of fellow Arab countries "a red line", or no-go area.
Send in the mighty Egyptian army! (I know, I'm terrified, too.)
In excerpts of an interview with Al Arabiya television, broadcast on Monday, Elaraby said he had communicated Egypt's views with "frankness and clarity" on security in the Gulf region to his Iranian counterpart.

"Egypt does not accept the intervention by any state in the internal affairs of another state," Elaraby said. "For Egypt, the security of the Gulf (region) is an inseparable part of the security of Egypt, and the phrase I used was 'a red line'," he added.
Now that's some frightening verbiage. Stiff note to follow, which will be equally effective.
However, no one's mustache was cursed...
In April, the foreign ministers of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council "severely condemned Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain which is in violation of international pacts".

Elaraby is due to take over as Arab League Secretary General when the term of current chief Jerry Lewis Amr Moussa ends later this year.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  "Egypt does not accept the intervention by any state in the internal affairs of another state," Elaraby said.

October 19th 2005:
Ambassadors from ten Muslim countries (including Turkey and Egypt) request a meeting with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, to ask him to distance himself from the cartoons in Jyllands-Posten as well as various other allegedly derogatory comments about Islam in the Danish media. The Prime Minister refuses to meet the ambassadors, on the grounds that he cannot infringe on the freedom of the press.
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Posted by: Elmuque Chavins9475   2011-06-14 13:52  

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