Posted on 06/15/2017 9:04:27 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
The Egyptian president has called on allies in the Gulf to escalate the diplomatic row with Qatar to include Turkey, the New Arab reported.
According to the news outlet, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi urged Gulf leaders to expand their boycott until Ankara gives up support for Qatar. He is reported to have said that this would maintain the pressure on Doha to respond positively and help bring a speedy end to the regional siege.
The sources said that Al-Sisi raised the matter during a meeting with the King of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, last Thursday in Cairo. They added that Al-Sisi pushed for the escalation of the Arab campaign and accused Turkey of funding and hosting groups classified as “terrorist” such as the Muslim Brotherhood or organisations in Syria.
According to the news outlet, Al-Sisi has not received a response to his suggestion. The sources pointed out that the Gulf countries were keen; however, to at least neutralise Turkey from assisting Qatar in the crisis.
After his visit to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the King of Bahrain sent his Foreign Minister, Khalid Bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa, to Turkey to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an attempt to ease the conflict – especially in light of the agreement by Ankara to send Turkish troops to Doha.
Egypt’s desire to escalate the matter with Turkey follows Erdogan’s sharp criticisms of the current Egyptian regime since the overthrow of the first democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, was ousted in a military coup.
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is scheduled to visit Qatar today, said that his government aimed to protect the security of the region as a whole not just a particular country and he added that he hoped the dispute with Qatar would be resolved before the end of Ramadan.
Timeline: Arab rift with Qatar
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170614-timeline-arab-rift-with-qatar/
If you read the comments on original article the Muslim Brotherhood is alread out making noise.
Sisi is not.
The DoD needs to give up on Quatar.
Juan McLame deeply troubled...
Totally agree. Vast majority of Egyptians do too.
He is troubled and mad.
An all- out fratricidal war, Muslim on Muslim, would be a good thing for the world.
Just be sure to refuse any more “refugees”.
In the Middle East, any War could be the BIG ONE!
In case arabs forget the long Turkish colonization of their lands
I agree with article.
I liked it when Sisi told a bunch of stony-faced Muslim clerics that Islam shouldn’t try to find the entire world and that Islam doesn’t need a Reformation, it needs a Revolution.
Qatar and Syria are related in that they are proxy venues for geopolitical battles being conducted at every level - wars, diplomacy & economic, with three main players trying to maneuver with (sometimes) and against (sometimes) each other - Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Allies, the Mullahs in Tehran and Russia.
Turkish military have covertly positioned themselves in Qatar already. The plan is to begin to overthrow Qatar.
With the MB in charge?
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