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Egyptian media targets Saudi Arabia
December 20, 2016 at 4:13 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia
Image of Egyptian newspapers
December 20, 2016 at 4:13 pm
Egyptian journalists and activists started an unprecedented war against Saudi Arabia in the local press after a Saudi visit to Ethiopia, Al-Mesryoon reported yesterday.
Professor of Political and Strategic Studies in the American University in Egypt Tariq Fahmi said: “We can support the Saudi princes who oppose the king… in a short time you will know that we are able to interfere in the affairs of the Gulf States and support the Saudi princes in the opposition.”
“Egypt has much to do with putting pressure on Saudi Arabia… When there are issues affecting national security there would be no place for using diplomatic choices.”
Journalist Mohamed Ali Kheir said: “Egyptian self-control does not last forever. Anyone who approaches the Ethiopian dam is directly threatening Egypt. Therefore, Saudi has to blame itself when Egypt takes action against it.”
Meanwhile, journalist Khalid Salah said: “We have fought the world… We keep calm so far because we hope this would be a temporary problem and there will be nothing bad between the two countries.”
Salah addressed the Saudi officials: “I hope you do not take my remarks as a serious threatening. I hope they are taken as advice because we are eager to respect Egyptian-Saudi relations.”
Ahmed Musa said: “I tell the countries, including Saudi Arabia, which invest in the Ethiopian dam, not to throw your billions into the Nile because the dam will not last for a long time,” noting there would be a “volcano” that would damage it.
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Egypt and Saudi Arabia halt cooperation agreements
December 21, 2016 at 10:58 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
Saudi-Aramco oil processing plant [file photo]
December 21, 2016 at 10:58 am
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have halted or delayed the implementation of a majority of the agreements signed between the two countries, Lebanon’s Al-Khabar has reported.
Citing a diplomatic source, the newspaper said that apart from agreements signed with Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, a majority of investments supported by figures associated with Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed Bin Salman have been completely halted after Saudi Aramco stopped supplying oil to Egypt.
“The visit of the Saudi ambassador to Al-Azhar does not have any political dimensions,” the source said, “since Al-Azhar is treated separately from the Egyptian state institutions.” Pressure from the Saudis will not change Egypt’s position, either with regards to the Syrian crisis or the crisis in Yemen, he added. Cairo will keep in touch with all parties, without exception.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed 17 agreements and memorandums of understanding in April, covering several areas including electricity, housing, nuclear energy, agriculture, trade and industry.
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Egyptian newspaper calls King Salman 'traitor' amid souring relations
DAILY SABAH
Istanbul
Published 2 hours ago
In a move to increase tension between two once unshakable allies, an Egyptian newspaper, "Alanbaa Aldawlia," (The International News) called Saudi Arabia' King Salman, "a Traitor" in its Wednesday issue.
Salman's photo appeared on the top of its front page, with the bold title "His Majesty, The Traitor." The newspaper, in its article, justified this labelling by citing cutting oil supplies to Egypt against the alleged order of his brother King Abdullah and supporting Ethiopia's dam project on the Nile River, dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Ethiopia accuses Egypt of interfering in the country's affairs and backing ethnic groups that have ignited tensions in the country, especially in the region of Oromia.
Despite a long-term relationship between Cairo and Riyadh since the 2013 military coup carried out by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, political disagreements between both countries have increased.
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt appear to have soured as the two countries have begun differing on regional issues. Amid political disagreements between both countries, Saudi Arabia has halted fuel shipments indefinitely after Saudi state oil company Aramco informed Egypt of the suspension of oil shipments in October.
The Security Council spat was the first public quarrel between Riyadh and Cairo since the Egyptian military's 2013 ouster of the former president Mohammed Morsi and the subsequent flow of billions of dollars in Saudi aid that kept Egypt's ailing economy afloat.
Saudi's move came after Egypt's announcement's that it will host Russian troops for war games along the Mediterranean coast, the latest step in the two countries' rapprochement. The drill, due to take place from Oct. 15-26 in the coastal city of El-Alamein and dubbed the "Guardians of Friendship," includes "elite units" from both sides. Russia's defense ministry said it would be the first ever joint paratrooper exercise for the two and would involve armor being dropped from planes.
Egypt has increased cooperation with Russia under Sissi, including a preliminary agreement to build a nuclear power plant. The country is also negotiating with Russia to restore flights to its Red Sea resorts, a year after the bombing of a Russian airliner carrying holidaymakers back to St. Petersburg.
As one of the non-permanent Security Council members, Egypt voted in favor of Russian draft resolutions on Syria at the U.N. Security Council in October, a move which has apparently angered the Saudis.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia's differences has been rooted over Syria as Saudi Arabia is opposed to Russian support to Bashar Assad forces in Syria and its intervention in the Middle east region. Egypt has been moving closer to Russia, harshly condemned by the Saudis and other Arabs for its heavy-handed military intervention in Syria.
http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2...ls-king-salman-traitor-amid-souring-relations
Pakistan could benefit from this conflict. Saudis will be more generous in your case.
December 20, 2016 at 4:13 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia
Image of Egyptian newspapers
December 20, 2016 at 4:13 pm
Egyptian journalists and activists started an unprecedented war against Saudi Arabia in the local press after a Saudi visit to Ethiopia, Al-Mesryoon reported yesterday.
Professor of Political and Strategic Studies in the American University in Egypt Tariq Fahmi said: “We can support the Saudi princes who oppose the king… in a short time you will know that we are able to interfere in the affairs of the Gulf States and support the Saudi princes in the opposition.”
“Egypt has much to do with putting pressure on Saudi Arabia… When there are issues affecting national security there would be no place for using diplomatic choices.”
Journalist Mohamed Ali Kheir said: “Egyptian self-control does not last forever. Anyone who approaches the Ethiopian dam is directly threatening Egypt. Therefore, Saudi has to blame itself when Egypt takes action against it.”
Meanwhile, journalist Khalid Salah said: “We have fought the world… We keep calm so far because we hope this would be a temporary problem and there will be nothing bad between the two countries.”
Salah addressed the Saudi officials: “I hope you do not take my remarks as a serious threatening. I hope they are taken as advice because we are eager to respect Egyptian-Saudi relations.”
Ahmed Musa said: “I tell the countries, including Saudi Arabia, which invest in the Ethiopian dam, not to throw your billions into the Nile because the dam will not last for a long time,” noting there would be a “volcano” that would damage it.
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Egypt and Saudi Arabia halt cooperation agreements
December 21, 2016 at 10:58 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
Saudi-Aramco oil processing plant [file photo]
December 21, 2016 at 10:58 am
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have halted or delayed the implementation of a majority of the agreements signed between the two countries, Lebanon’s Al-Khabar has reported.
Citing a diplomatic source, the newspaper said that apart from agreements signed with Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, a majority of investments supported by figures associated with Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed Bin Salman have been completely halted after Saudi Aramco stopped supplying oil to Egypt.
“The visit of the Saudi ambassador to Al-Azhar does not have any political dimensions,” the source said, “since Al-Azhar is treated separately from the Egyptian state institutions.” Pressure from the Saudis will not change Egypt’s position, either with regards to the Syrian crisis or the crisis in Yemen, he added. Cairo will keep in touch with all parties, without exception.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed 17 agreements and memorandums of understanding in April, covering several areas including electricity, housing, nuclear energy, agriculture, trade and industry.
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Egyptian newspaper calls King Salman 'traitor' amid souring relations
DAILY SABAH
Istanbul
Published 2 hours ago
In a move to increase tension between two once unshakable allies, an Egyptian newspaper, "Alanbaa Aldawlia," (The International News) called Saudi Arabia' King Salman, "a Traitor" in its Wednesday issue.
Salman's photo appeared on the top of its front page, with the bold title "His Majesty, The Traitor." The newspaper, in its article, justified this labelling by citing cutting oil supplies to Egypt against the alleged order of his brother King Abdullah and supporting Ethiopia's dam project on the Nile River, dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Ethiopia accuses Egypt of interfering in the country's affairs and backing ethnic groups that have ignited tensions in the country, especially in the region of Oromia.
Despite a long-term relationship between Cairo and Riyadh since the 2013 military coup carried out by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, political disagreements between both countries have increased.
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt appear to have soured as the two countries have begun differing on regional issues. Amid political disagreements between both countries, Saudi Arabia has halted fuel shipments indefinitely after Saudi state oil company Aramco informed Egypt of the suspension of oil shipments in October.
The Security Council spat was the first public quarrel between Riyadh and Cairo since the Egyptian military's 2013 ouster of the former president Mohammed Morsi and the subsequent flow of billions of dollars in Saudi aid that kept Egypt's ailing economy afloat.
Saudi's move came after Egypt's announcement's that it will host Russian troops for war games along the Mediterranean coast, the latest step in the two countries' rapprochement. The drill, due to take place from Oct. 15-26 in the coastal city of El-Alamein and dubbed the "Guardians of Friendship," includes "elite units" from both sides. Russia's defense ministry said it would be the first ever joint paratrooper exercise for the two and would involve armor being dropped from planes.
Egypt has increased cooperation with Russia under Sissi, including a preliminary agreement to build a nuclear power plant. The country is also negotiating with Russia to restore flights to its Red Sea resorts, a year after the bombing of a Russian airliner carrying holidaymakers back to St. Petersburg.
As one of the non-permanent Security Council members, Egypt voted in favor of Russian draft resolutions on Syria at the U.N. Security Council in October, a move which has apparently angered the Saudis.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia's differences has been rooted over Syria as Saudi Arabia is opposed to Russian support to Bashar Assad forces in Syria and its intervention in the Middle east region. Egypt has been moving closer to Russia, harshly condemned by the Saudis and other Arabs for its heavy-handed military intervention in Syria.
http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2...ls-king-salman-traitor-amid-souring-relations
Pakistan could benefit from this conflict. Saudis will be more generous in your case.
