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Thursday, March 26, 2026
Egypt’s FM visits Lebanon, warns against irreversible ‘state of chaos’
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut amid a swirl of diplomatic discussions about the Iran war.
Abdelatty says that, in shuttling messages between Iran and the United States, Egypt has noted a mutual “desire for calm, for the exploration of negotiations” on both sides. But he warns that the talks have not yielded “specific conclusions.”
When asked about Egypt’s role in mediating between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, he tells reporters that Egyptian diplomats are voicing to all parties their opposition to Israeli occupation and destruction of civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
He says the goal is to prevent the region “from sinking into a state of chaos from which it cannot emerge.”
The Times of Israel Community.