Nov
19
Nasrallah Welcome in Egypt?
Filed Under Egypt, Hezballah, Lebanon, MidEast Foreign Policy
According to a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Gheit, Hezballah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has been invited to visit Egypt “if he wants or can.” This comes after last months speculation in Lebanese and Israeli media, and subsequent denial by sources in the Egyptian government of any such overtures being extended toward Nasrallah.
I imagine that increased engagement by Middle Eastern players with Hezballah is an inevitability, however how would the reception of high-level Hezballah officials be seen by Egypt’s Western allies? And what role, besides the limited one it has already played in supporting Lebanon’s military and government, does Egypt envisage itself carrying out with regard to Hezballah?
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