Egypt Rejects Being Drawn Into Ethiopia Crisis, Questions African Union Statement

Egypt has expressed strong surprise at an African Union statement on Ethiopia, rejecting what it described as an attempt to involve Cairo in an internal Ethiopian issue.

Cairo voiced “deep astonishment” at the statement, saying it represented “an incomprehensible attempt to drag Egypt into an internal Ethiopian matter.”

The objection focused on the statement’s treatment of Egypt in connection with the crisis. Cairo’s response made clear that it rejected being cast as a party to the issue.

Egypt framed the matter as domestic to Ethiopia, drawing a distinction between the crisis and any role attributed to Cairo. Its criticism was directed at the African Union statement’s apparent linkage of the two.