Egyptian Ambassador in Ankara d. Alaa iron
Egyptian Ambassador in Ankara d. Alaa el-Hadidi
Egypt's ambassador in Ankara, "false news", which runs from Egypt in some Turkish media, and the desire of some to distort the image, behind the bad impression created among the Turks on Egypt and its attitude towards the issue of the Gaza Strip, after the events that took place on a convoy, "Lifeline 3 ", stressing that the Turks do not understand the position of Cairo from the Gaza Strip, and there is a need to correct the image of Egypt to have.

In an interview with the newspaper "Al Ahram" Egyptian official published today, said Egyptian Ambassador Dr. Alaa el-Hadidi said: "There is a background deficient in the Turkish people about the role of Egypt to the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian issue in general, when a highlight and rectify this information is the first time recognized he hears, and that he did not know that "Lifeline 3" is not the first convoy, but the third (of its kind), and that Egypt had not opposed the passage, as rumors. "

He wondered speech: "Is not to be complete and correct information about Egypt unintended result of an error, and by some Turkish media deliberately hide the facts?!, Or unintentional and the result of ignorance and lack of follow-up?".

News "wrong"
See also:

* On behalf of Egypt ordered the arrest of 7 of the "Lifeline 3"
* Lifeline reach Gaza after a "bloody,"

According to d. Iron-of-the erroneous reporting on the role of Chaa Egypt is broadcast on Wednesday morning "channel, CNN.. That" the Turkish news program of the broadcaster and author Mehmet Ali Birand, stating that "the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to convince the President (Hosni) Mubarak during their meeting last week to prevent a convoy Lifeline 3 from entering Gaza, and Abbas, the transfer of the Israeli request to President Mubarak. "

Abizaid and the Egyptian ambassador that "the side of false information about Egypt, there are some opinions that refer to the displeasure of Egypt the Turkish role in the region, indicated by the Turkish writer cream bleach speaking newspaper" Today's Zaman "is close to the ruling Justice and Development Party , this side of the existence of other internal factors have nothing to do with Egypt, is the intense competition between the ruling party and the Islamic Felicity Party to win the votes of the Turkish people, and each of them tried to highlight its role in supporting the issue of Gaza at the expense of Egypt. "

In addition to all of the above there is an important point, according to Dr.. Iron, is that "a large number of the most prominent leaders (party) Justice and Development (NDP) in Parliament were members of the Friendship Association of Turkey - Israel, and their mission today is to deny themselves accused of friendship with Israel."

He stressed that all these factors contributed to the formation of bad mental image of Egypt to the Turkish people, adding that correcting this image needs to be more of an effort to recognize the Turks on the whole truth.

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Protesters in Istanbul, bringing a picture of Mubarak during his meeting with Livni

And its role in correcting this information, the Egyptian Ambassador said: "I am trying to highlight the importance of coordination of the Turkish side with Egypt, not only to join the convoy, as if just join gives them the right to pass through and enter the Egyptian territories of Gaza, without the need for rules and regulations of the passage must be adhered to" .

He pointed out that he held meetings with representatives of various non-governmental organizations, including the General, "Mazloum House" and a number of other human rights associations in Turkish, to clarify the importance of coordination with the Egyptian side and "the need of connections (Deputy Secretary George) Galloway (commander of the convoy," Lifeline 3 "), which employed the political interests."

He stressed that "the Egyptian Embassy does not move only reactive, but also make further efforts, particularly at the media go to correct the image, and for that I have held three meetings with the main television channels, Turkish, including the channel" C . that. "The assertion that the rumors about Netanyahu's demand Abbas to ask President Mubarak to prevent the convoy from entering, just do not fabricate unfounded, as evidenced by the decision to allow the convoy to pass and the reference to that the causes of the crisis back to the convoy, contrary to the instructions Egypt. "

He added: "In my meeting with the channel" television.. In the "announced that Egyptian police had to intervene after a European activists, not the Turks in the convoy, control the port of El Arish" maritime, stressing that the problems faced by the "lifeline Life - 3 "caused by the organizers is to ignore the coordination with the Egyptian authorities.

For its part, said "Al-Ahram that" Egyptian Ambassador needs more assistance, especially the strengthening of the role of the media office in Ankara, next to the Egyptian media in the coming period a prominent role in addressing the other more attractive through professional materials attract the media abroad.

Livni and Mubarak

The number of Turkey's leading television channels late Tuesday cut its 5 - 1 - 2010 to cover clashes between members of the convoy, "Lifeline 3", which entered the Gaza Strip Wednesday, 6 -1 -2010, Egyptian security forces and members of the convoy after the protest the decision of the authorities not to allow for only 139 vehicle in the convoy to cross into Gaza through the Rafah crossing.

She spoke of these channels that the Egyptian authorities blocked passage of the convoy to Gaza, which he joined deputies in the Turkish Parliament; led to thousands of Turks protested in front of the Egyptian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey; to protest what they saw as ill-treatment meted to the participants in the convoy at the hands of security forces in the town of El Arish, and threatened to besiege embassy and consulate two Egyptian If you do not allow the convoy to cross into Gaza.

And some protesters in Istanbul pictures of President Mubarak during his meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, such as the recent Israeli war on Gaza between 27/12/2008 and 18/1/2009.

And ended today in a crisis activists travel convoy "Lifeline 3" from Cairo International Airport to their home countries after the approval of the Egyptian authorities not to take action to detention of 7 seven of them; after a prosecutor ordered their arrest, the Egyptian yesterday; charges of resisting arrest, destruction of public property, attacks on government officials and statesmen, against the backdrop of clashes in the port of El-Arish.