Isolated Erdogan seeks rapprochement with Egypt
Sun Online Desk
Facing increasing international isolation, while pressure is increasing on Ankara with the recent US sanctions, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday expressed his intention “to strengthen relations with Egypt, if current diplomatic contact between the two countries leads to positive results.”
For his part, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in an interview with Anadolu Agency said: “We have contacts both at the level of intelligence and foreign ministries with Egypt. Diplomatic level contacts have started”. He hastened to add that “lack of trust is normal” and added that neither side put forward preconditions. “Negotiations take place and continue under a certain strategy, a road map.”
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An Iranian oil tanker identified as the Ndros, in Venezuela, in Dec. 2020. Except the Ndros was scrapped in 2018, and this may be the Calliop disguised under that name.
(JNS) Recent reports suggest that the United States is disturbed by aspects of the Israeli-Iranian shadow war that is raging across the regionâin this case, at sea. It seems reasonable to conclude that Washington is trying to lower tensions that it fears can spoil attempts to negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Tehran.
U.S. sources recently toldÂ
The Wall Street Journal that Israel allegedly attacked 12 ships illegally carrying Iranian oil to Syria since 2019 using weapons such as naval mines to damage the vessels. [Editor: The report is reminiscent of when then-President Obama exposed intelligence information on an Israeli-owned and operated cargo ship had been repeatedly docking in Iran.]
Washington attempts to quell Israel’s shadow war with Iran at sea
Washington attempts to quell Israel’s shadow war with Iran at sea
Israel’s alleged ongoing disruptions of Iranian oil-smuggling to Syria, which enabled a terror financing channel to Hezbollah, and Tehran’s resulting retaliation may have set off alarm bells in the Biden administration ahead of new nuclear talks.
(March 15, 2021 / JNS) Recent reports suggest that the United States is disturbed by aspects of the Israeli-Iranian shadow war that is raging across the region in this case, at sea. It seems reasonable to conclude that Washington is trying to lower tensions that it fears can spoil attempts to negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Tehran.