Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he was opposed to any war with Iran and Hezbollah Lebanese resistance movement, and that Gulf tensions should be handled cautiously to avoid adding to regional turmoil.
“Our point of view when it comes to new troubles with either Iran or Hezbollah or any other issue is that we have to deal with great care so as not to add to the challenges and troubles of the region,” El-Sisi said Wednesday in a news briefing in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
“I am against war.”
“We call for not increasing tensions in the region, but not at the expense of Arab and Gulf national security,” he said.
El-Sisi, speaking on the sidelines of a government-organized youth conference, lent his support to Saudi Arabia’s declared “anti-corruption” drive, which has rounded up dozens of royals, current and former ministers, and businessmen, saying the situation in Saudi Arabia was “stable and reassuring.”
“I have confidence in the kingdom’s leadership,” he said, calling the campaign of arrests an “internal issue.”
Source: Agencies
