Turkish statement is ‘unacceptable interference in Egypt’s internal affairs’: Abu Zaid

Ahmed Abbas
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling Justice and Development (AKP) Party during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on 8 April 2014. (AFP PHOTO )

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry slammed previous statements by a Turkish presidential advisor, referring to them as “an unacceptable interference in Egypt’s internal affairs”.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zaid said the statements issued by the advisor to the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, on Turkish-Egyptian relations, and its intervention in Egyptian affairs is unacceptable.

Kalin previously said that the existing conflict between Egypt and Turkey is due to what he described as “a military coup”, referring to the 3 July 2013 ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi and the subsequent military takeover of power.

Aby Zaid added that Egypt is moving steadily toward development and prosperity, to meet the expectations of the Egyptian people.

He further called on Turkish officials to stop denying Egypt’s international status. He called on them to instead pay attention to Turkey’s own violations against its citizens every day, whether they are against those demanding their rights or expressing their opinion, or against academics or minorities in Turkey.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had previously highlighted that the restoration of relations with Turkey is subject to Turkey’s actions. He said Ankara must end its support to the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Ahmed Abbas is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. He previously worked as Egypt based reporter for Correspondents.org, and interned as a broadcast journalist at Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. Abbas is a fellow of Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change. He holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and New Media from Jordan Media Institute. He was awarded by the ICFJ for best public service reporting in 2013, and by the German foreign office for best feature in 2014.