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| Egypt 'Surprised' by Exclusion from U.S.-Africa Summit |
| 2014-01-23 |
[An Nahar] Egypt said on Wednesday it was "very surprised" by a decision by its longtime U.S. ally to exclude it from a high-profile African summit being convened by President Barack ObamaRepublicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... Egypt joins international pariahs Sudan and Zim-bob-we in the short list of African countries not among the 47 invited to the August get-together. U.S. officials said that Egypt was ineligible to attend because it is suspended from the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... following the military's overthrow of elected president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... last July. Egyptian foreign ministry front man Badr Abdelbati said the U.S. decision was a "mistake" and displayed a "lack of vision". "Egypt was very surprised by the U.S. statement about its reasons, especially as the summit is not being held under the auspices of the African Union and is simply a summit between the United States and African countries," the front man said. |
| Posted by:Fred |