FM: Egypt to protect national security by any means

In an interview with Russia Today channel on Sunday, Shoukry said that Egypt will protect its national security by all available means.

“There is irrefutable proof of connection between the targets that were hit in Libya and the terrorist attack that took place in Minya on Friday,” Shoukry said.

“We cannot allow the terrorists to stay safe and benefit from a failure of the Libyan government’s loss of control over the country’s territories, which have now turned into a safe haven and a training ground for foreign fighters and other elements who infiltrate through the Egyptian-Libyan border and attack innocent Egyptian civilians,” he added.

Egypt launched strikes in Derna, Libya on Friday in retaliation for a shooting attack on a bus carrying Copts in the Egyptian city of Minya earlier the same day. The attack had left 29 people dead and many others injured.

As for Cairo-Khartoum relations, Shoukry underlined that Cairo sees Sudan’s stability as part and parcel of Egypt’s stability, stressing Egypt neither conspires nor interferes in other countries’ internal affairs.