Egypt and Iran authorities held a mystery meeting in Oman

A designation of senior Egyptian and Iranian authorities held a mystery meeting in Muscat last month, during President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s visit to the sultanate, as per Al-Araby Al-Jadid, referring to Egyptian political sources.

During the gathering on 27 June, the two sides are said to have consented to extending respective relations as well as talking about the circumstance in the Gaza Strip and Syria.

Prior to that month, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed that there had been no immediate dealings between Cairo and Tehran, however, affirmed that endeavors are in progress to standardize ties between the two nations.

“Egypt is a significant country in the Islamic world and the advancement of regular relations between Tehran and Cairo is in light of a legitimate concern for the two countries,” he added.

Sources likewise told The Media Line that Cairo precluded enlisting in a tactical partnership against Iran, which has been portrayed as an Israeli-adjusted “Bedouin NATO” following the notable Negev Summit in March pointed toward advancing financial and security participation among Israel and its Arab partners.

“Egypt guaranteed Iran during the gathering that the Negev Summit isn’t coordinated against Iran and wo exclude any tactical moves against it. The gathering talked about the circumstance in the Gaza Strip, the Syrian issue, and different documents in the Middle East, and made the way for relations between the two nations,” the sources added.

Muscat as the setting is in accordance with the sultanate’s true nonpartisan international strategy approach, as made sense by Ahmed Al-Balushi, an Omani political undertakings writer, who told the Media Line: “The Sultanate of Oman assumes a fair part to bring sees nearer. Muscat has great relations with everybody and looks for quiet.”

Relations between Tehran and Egypt have been demanding throughout the course of recent many years which saw conciliatory ties cut off in 1980, a year after Iran’s Islamic Revolution and Egypt’s choice to wipe the slate clean with Israel.

Relations later warmed following the 2011 Egyptian unrest, when Tehran designated a representative to Cairo, and in 2012 when Egypt’s first fairly chosen regular citizen president, Mohamed Morsi, got down to business, turning into the primary Egyptian pioneer to visit Tehran since discretionary relations were cut off. This was seen at the time as a potential international strategy shift by Cairo.