Egypt sends "High level security delegation to Damascus" denies Turkish reports & opposes Arab military intervention in Syria'

'Egypt denies Turkish reports & opposes Arab military intervention in Syria'

The Turks lambast Al Arabiya's 'nonsense', but come up with their own versions (Anadolu NA is the state agency!)...

".... Saif Abdel Fattah, a political adviser to President Mohamed Morsy, denied news reports quoting him as saying Egypt supports joining an Arab military intervention in Syria to end the bloodshed in the violence-torn country. Abdel Fattah said in a statement Monday that he never expressed such views, adding that “only the Arab League has the view and the vision of what is going on in Syria now.”The Turkish Anadolu news agency reported Sunday that Abdel Fattah told the agency that Egypt is ready “in principle” to participate in an Arab intervention in Syria, but after pinpointing the limits, objectives and aspects of such an intervention. 

The agency also quoted him as saying, “Egypt is mulling over Qatar’s proposal on an Arab military intervention in Syria, and will hold talks with Doha and Ankara regarding [the plan] soon.”... 

“Egypt is committed to pursuing the sincere efforts it has been exerting to put an end to the catastrophe in Syria, within an Arab, regional and international framework — one that preserves the unity of this brotherly state, involves all factions of the Syrian people without racial, religious or sectarian discrimination, and spares Syria the dangers of foreign military intervention that we oppose,” he said...."
 

 "High level Egyptian security delegation in Damascus" to meet with Assad

[AP]- "... A high level Egyptian security delegation left for Syria on Monday in a rare visit, Cairo airport officials said. The delegation’s mission was not immediately clear. 

Yasser Ali, who is spokesman for President Mohammed Morsi, denied the report. A senior security official said he had no knowledge about the delegation, but stopped short of an outright denial of the report. 

The previously unannounced trip comes as Egypt leads a four-nation regional initiative trying to broker a solution to Syria’s civil war. It is not known if the visit is related. 

The airport officials said the delegation will be in Syria for two days. All officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to address the media..."

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