All photos courtesy of QNA on Instagram
Qatar’s Emir has received a warm welcome after arriving in Egypt today for the 26th Arab League summit.
According to QNA, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and his delegation were greeted at the airport in Sharm El Sheikh by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
This is one of the first meetings of the two heads of state, whose countries have been at odds in the past two years due to differing politics, most recently about what should be done to ease the political crisis in Libya.
Today, the leaders apparently discussed “means of strengthening Arab solidarity” and “regional and international issues of interest to both countries.”
Agenda
The two-day Arab summit comes on the heels of the beginning of a Saudi Arabia-led military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The airstrikes were supported by Qatar and eight other Arab countries, and the political situation in Yemen is likely to headline discussions at this year’s summit.
According to Al Arabiya, other leaders in Egypt for the meeting include embattled Yemeni president Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir.
In addition to Yemen, other agenda items include ISIS and Libya. Al Arabiya added:
“The summit is also expected to focus on creating an Arab military force to fight against extremist militants or their rival Iran, a project foreign ministers have already signed a draft agreement in the Arab League meeting on Thursday.”
Thoughts?
Egypts role in the region will continue to be a strategic and important one. The sooner Qatar realizes this the better.
Qatar’s role in the region will continue to be a strategic and important one. The sooner Egypt realises this the better.
I see a pattern here :)))
I agree with “Official”. Egypt must understand that its society is still fragile and economy is still poor to project any power across the Arab world.
No one has cared about the Egyptians since the pharaohs.
yes but at least there was an egypt since
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring Qatar has been way more strategic and important than Egypt. Actually, Egypt is now a place of death and tyranny. As long as the military dictator is there Egyptians should not be very proud of their country.
Name one democratic Arab country
Tunisia, now is free democratic country.
Any examples that are not in beta ?
What does that have to do with my comment?
I was pointing out that there are very few democracies in this part of the world and therefore Egyptians do not need to be ashamed of having a dictator.
Haha this is funny. So because other countries are bad then Egyptians are doomed to tyranny and must be happy with it? No wonder why they made and supported the coup then.
Well let them enjoy the tyranny, but the the rest of the world will always see them as a sink of death and tyranny.
Democracy does not work everywhere. The short Egyptian version just gave an opportunity to crazies to crawl out of the woodwork and hound the minorities.
Anyway, it is drifting off the topic. If you are Egyptian and think that you and your countrymen are not worthy of a decent life of justice and freedom, then good for you. I do not think there is much we can debate 🙂
He is indian Not egyptian.
“I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers”
bliz give me orang guice wiz ize and bebzi (please give me an orange juice with ice and pepsi)
Last time I saw that many black suits and sunglasses I was watching the Matrix
Is that little fellow Sheik Tamim’s new mandoob? I love it that the Emir is tall. That alone somehow commands respect.
There are no permanent friends or enemies, but permanent interests in international relations.
Protest to remove a dictator. Done.
Have elections to choose a new president. Done
Protest again to remove the elected president. Done
Choose a dictator again. Done
Egyptians.
Very unfair, but very chucklesome!!! Good one.