Egypt weighs stance on Ethiopian Tigray conflict - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammed Magdy

Mohammed Magdy

Nov 19, 2020

A man reads the Ethiopian Reporter newspaper with the cover showing the Peace Nobel Prize ceremony for Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in Addis Ababa on Dec. 11, 2019. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed collected the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2019, appealing for unity as ethnic violence flares in his country and reconciliation efforts with neighboring former foe Eritrea have stalled. — EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO — While the conflict rages in the Ethiopian Tigray region, a high-ranking delegation from Eritrea arrived in Cairo Nov. 17 for a visit that raised questions about the Egyptian position on the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia and the motives behind the Eritrean ally’s visit at this time.

On Nov. 18, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received his Eritrean counterpart, Othman Saleh, and the political adviser to Eritrean President Yamani Jabr Ab at Tahrir Palace in Cairo.

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