Egypt and Erdogan Speech at the UN

Egypt and Erdogan Speech at the UN

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Erdogan condemned the lack of international response to “the overthrow of the president” in Egypt, a reference to the ouster of Mohamed Morsi last year, and the “legitimising” of “the person who carried out this coup”, a reference to El-Sisi.

“We should respect the choice of the people at the ballot box. If we want to support coups… then why does the United Nations exist?” he said.

In a Thursday statement on the UAE foreign ministry’s website, the UAE described Erdogan`s speech as a “direct and blatant” intervention in Egypt`s internal affairs.

UAE, a close ally and major financial backer of El-Sisi’s government, said that Erdogan has exploited the platform at the UN for an “unacceptable” attack on legitimacy in Egypt.
“The UAE denounces the speech of the Turkish president and calls on him not to interfere in Egypt`s internal affairs,” read the statement.

The Egyptian foreign ministry didn’t make any statement only criticised Erdogan`s speech.

Turkish businessmen, who have invested $2 billion in Egypt and have about 60,000 Egyptians working for them.They don’t want the relations between the two countries to reach a point of irreparability, as happened with Syria