After Egypt received backlash from European countries for its laws regarding terrorism, the death penalty and human rights, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi responded by emphasizing that the western countries should not “impose their views” on Egypt, Ahram Online reported. During El Sisi’s speech at the closing ceremony at the EU-Arab League Summit, the president said that the priorities of Arab countries it to maintain themselves from “collapsing” and that European nations should “respect the country’s morals and humanity.” The statement was following a question by a German journalist who asked El Sisi how he feels the about the EU’s criticism of Egypt’s human rights record. “Let me tell the reporter, that the priority for you as European states is to achieve welfare; our priority is to preserve our countries and protect them from fall, destruction, and collapse,” El-Sisi said. This came in light of a recent incident when Egypt executed 15 people in February who were charged with the murder of Egypt’s top prosecutor in 2015, a judge’s son in 2014 and a police officer in 2013, a verdict that many human rights activists including the Office of the UN…
Europe Should Stop “Imposing Their Views” on Egypt: El Sisi Said at EU-Arab League Summit
February 26, 2019
