Amr Moussa, former Secretary General of the League of Arab States, considered the former Egyptian Foreign Minister that Turkey poses the greatest threat to the Arab world today.
The veteran diplomat said: “We are facing a very dangerous development in the region, the latest of which is Turkey’s ability to be present in more than one location at the same moment.”
He considered that Turkey “is more dangerous to the Arab world than Iran due to its strategic capabilities, as it is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and has a huge strategic relationship with the United States and the same with Russia, and also has interlocking interests with the European Union.”
Moussa expressed his belief that “it would not have been possible for Turkey to do what it was doing in Libya, and to cross the waters of the Mediterranean, and to be there with military forces, militias and mercenaries without the consent of the super powers.”
Moussa said that there are major powers present in Libya, such as the United States, Russia and European countries, and “it is not necessary that the interests of these powers be consistent, but they are unanimous in keeping the status quo as it is until things are managed.”
He added that these forces “want Al-Sarraj not to take everything, and Haftar, the leader of the Libyan National Army, does not take everything.”
The former Secretary-General of the Arab League saw that the current situation is one of the worst things that the Arab world faced in the modern era, due to “the division of the Arabs and the contradiction of some of their interests. Al-Arabi in Libya, Palestine and others, he said.
He said that there is “a detour and penetration of the Arab world, especially from Turkey and Iran.”
Regarding Iranian interference, the diplomatic expert referred to the statement of an Iranian official about his country’s influence in 4 capitals, but he said that the situation is no longer the same. “There is a real feeling that the Iranian role has diminished, especially in Syria. If someone spoke about Syria, then the address is Russia, so there is Interest in the role of this country. ”
He said that Iranian influence has also receded in other countries such as Lebanon and Yemen, and this is due to the US sanctions imposed on Tehran and the repercussions of the clash with the United States.
Source: Agencies
