Egypt suspends rapprochement with Türkiye
Egyptian concern about the increase in Turkish activity in Libya, and Cairo’s reassertion of its red lines.
The Egyptian leadership announced the suspension of the process of normalizing relations with its regional rival Türkiye.
The decision comes against the backdrop of Ankara’s increasing activity on the Libyan arena, as it concluded agreements in the field of energy and defense with the Government of National Unity led by Abdel Hamid al Dabaiba.
Recently, the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence, Abbas Kamel visited Benghazi on October 12, wasn’t a courtesy visit.
Kamel met with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan National army chief, to remind him of the Cairo Red Line.
Egypt is categorically opposed to any possible rapprochement between the leader of the Libyan National Army or his son Saddam Haftar and Turkish companies.
Cairo’s concern raised the recent Turkish-Libyan memorandum of understanding in the field of hydrocarbon exploration and production.
Egypt doesn’t want Türkiye to extend its influence beyond the northwestern region: this applies to the maritime and land domains.
Speaking about the diplomatic normalization process that started between Ankara and Cairo, Türkiye has talked a lot about rapprochement.
However, in order for the rapprochement to take place on the ground, it was necessary to know whether Türkiye would compromise, which would cost it dearly.
