Ahmed Gomaa wrote
Saturday, February 11, 2023 11:42 AM
Today, Saturday morning, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry inaugurated the annual conference of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, where he delivered a speech on the topic of the conference, which is related to the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis on the Middle East and Egypt.
Sameh Shoukry at the annual conference
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Minister Sameh Shoukry expressed during his speech his pride and admiration for the significant successes achieved by the Egyptian diplomatic apparatus, referring to the crises and challenges witnessed in 2022, the latest of which was the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, reviewing the most important determinants of the Egyptian position on That crisis, and the strenuous efforts made by Egypt to interact at the bilateral and multilateral levels to contain the negative economic repercussions resulting from the Ukrainian crisis on the Egyptian economy.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that the speech also touched on the Egyptian point of view calling for the defense of the system of multilateral collective action, and warning against the consequences of international action and action outside it by seeking to establish new rules outside this system, stressing the need to review and develop the concept of international security in an appropriate manner. Through it, the values of dialogue, cooperation, and understanding of the needs of the other overcome the logic of force and disregard, while taking into account the political, economic, cultural, and security rights of others, in a way that prevents emerging conflicts from turning into protracted conflicts.
Ambassador Abu Zeid also indicated that the Minister of Foreign Affairs also stressed the importance of preserving the concept of the national state, addressing the most important challenges that Egypt’s regional neighbors are witnessing in Libya, Sudan and Palestine, in addition to the humanitarian, economic and social repercussions imposed by the challenges of climate change, which have become additional burdens. On the shoulders of countries, governments and peoples.
The speech also noted Egypt’s launch of its National Climate Change Strategy 2050 in May 2022, and Egypt’s continuous efforts to rely on new and renewable energy sources along with traditional energy resources, in addition to Egypt’s most prominent successes through its hosting of the COP27 climate conference.
The Foreign Minister’s speech also stressed the serious water security challenge facing the Middle East and the African continent, some of whose countries are located in the driest and most deserted regions of the world. Mastiha, referring to Ethiopia’s procrastination in reaching a binding legal framework for filling and operating the Renaissance Dam, noting Egypt’s adherence to restraint and observance of the rights of the Ethiopian people to development, but this matter has not and will never be in exchange for complacency in the right of the Egyptian people to life and existence, which is what It makes reaching without delay or procrastination a binding legal agreement regarding filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam an indispensable necessity.