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Egypt warns Turkey of worsening ties

By AP - Jul 26,2014 - Last updated at Jul 26,2014

CAIRO — Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has condemned Turkey’s prime minister for calling Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al Sissi a “tyrant”, warning already sour relations between the two countries could worsen.

In a strongly worded statement Saturday, the ministry said it summoned the Turkish charge d’ affaires, the highest-ranking Turkish official in the country, over the comments. It said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is driven by “narrow ideological interests”, referencing Turkey’s support to the Muslim Brotherhood group, branded as a terrorist organization in Egypt.

Relations between Egypt and Turkey soured after Sissi led the last year’s ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, a Brotherhood leader. Egypt expelled Turkish ambassador in Cairo and withdrew its ambassador in Turkey after it called for Morsi release from prison.

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