The presidents of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, and Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met on Sunday September 10 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi.
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With our correspondent in Cairo, Alexandre Buccianti
This Sunday in India, MM. Sissi and Erdogan discussed regional collaboration, energy cooperation and strengthening bilateral relations, their spokespersons said.
The two countries had reestablished their relations at the ambassadorial level after an exchange of visits by foreign ministers and a Sissi-Erdogan meeting during the Football World Cup in Qatar last year. Heads of state were in conflict over the Muslim Brotherhood.
Libya is the most urgent issue to resolve. Egypt and Turkey almost entered into direct conflict in 2020 following the end of their support for the enemy Libyan armed forces in Benghazi and Tripoli. The two countries must find a modus vivendi allowing power sharing instead of sharing Libya.
Another essential subject, gas in the Eastern Mediterranean. With its gas liquefaction plants, Egypt is at the head of a consortium bringing together Greece, Cyprus and Israel. A gas which has caused great tensions between the two major navies of the Mediterranean. Today, Turkey would like to achieve a better distribution of gas wealth.
But the issue that is making the most rapid progress is that of the economy. Cairo and Ankara have just decided to increase their trade from ten to fifteen billion dollars. To this must be added the resumption of Turkish investments in Egypt.
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