Egypt wouldn’t stoop to Qatar’s level: Former assistant to FM

CAIRO – 20 September 2017: Former assistant to the Foreign Minister, Hussein Haridy, said that the main aim of the Egyptian diplomacy isn’t limited to Qatar and that Egypt wouldn’t stoop to Qatar’s level whose population is equal to that of Cairo’s Shoubra district.

Egyptian diplomacy is concerned with international issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the issues of Syria, Iraq and Libya, Haridy said during an interview with author Khaled Salah.

Doha’s purchase of several international research centers recently enabled it to control media and to influence the decision-making process, Haridy said, adding that the “success of Egypt in handling international issues will call off the role of Qatar.”