Dr. Aref Nayed, head of Ihya Libya, said that the Cairo initiative to solve the Libyan crisis was based on a Libyan societal dialogue, and on previous dialogues that took place with the Libyan parties over the years, explaining that it is a Libyan initiative par excellence, and has the personal support of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian state with its distinguished diplomacy. In an interview with Al-Youm Al-Sabea, Al-Nayed emphasized that the declaration of most countries’ clear support for the initiative and within a few hours and days of its announcement clearly shows the efforts made for it and the international respect that Egypt enjoys.
On the Turkish interventions in Libya, he explained that the Turkish military moves in the region, from Somalia to Qatar to Syria, Iraq, and now Libya, are governed by a (neo-Ottoman) view revived and framed by political theorists in the late nineties of the last century, and not a product of the moment or temporary decisions. He pointed out that the Turkish interventions are serious and dangerous attempts to penetrate the Arab security system and to establish strong Turkish military outposts in the form of permanent air, sea and land bases, which serve as (Ottoman fortresses) and (Ottoman garrisons) that Sultan Abdul Hamid deployed in his time, to control the region. Entire and return of the Ottoman Empire in a new guise.
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