Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s \u00c5\u201camateur\u201d foreign policies are isolating his country in the region, a political analyst tells Press TV<\/b>.\n<\/p>\n
In a Monday interview, Abdullah al-Ashaal argued that Morsi\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s current foreign policy \u00c5\u201cdoes not serve any Egyptian interest and at the same time it is making enmity with other allies or other alliances.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cI think Egypt now is displacing itself out of the scene and it is in fact ostracizing itself in the region and this is very bad for any foreign policy,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The analyst was reacting to Morsi\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s U-turn on Middle East issues, particularly on the Syrian crisis and support for Palestinian nation.<\/p>\n
While in August 2012, Morsi tabled a proposal to form a contact group comprising Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt to resolve regional crises including the Syrian unrest, he announced in mid-June that he will break off all diplomatic relations with Syria.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cI think, that the foreign policy had to have a vision first and it has also to be conducted by experts not by amateurs,\u201d Ashaal pointed out.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Egypt has stepped up its crackdown on underground supply tunnels between the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip. Palestinians depend on the tunnels to bring in food, medicine, and other vital supplies.\n<\/p>\n
The tunnel trade is vital to Gaza’s economy, which has suffered under a land, air, and sea blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt since June 2007.\n<\/p>\n
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