Turkey’s Erdogan refuses UN dinner over presence of Egypt’s Sisi
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected an offer to join a dinner with the US President Donald Trump upon seeing the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi accompanying him, local Daily Hurriyet reported yesterday.
Erdogan was expected to join Trump for dinner at the same table after the opening of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York. However, he was reported to have refused to sit at the table “after walking into the room and seeing Trump was joined by Sisi.â€
“President Erdogan left the room when he saw Sisi sitting at the same table with Trump,†the local agency said on Twitter.
Read more at: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190927-turkeys-erdogan-refuses-un-dinner-over-presence-of-egypts-sisi/
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, all dislike the Muslim Brotherhood, they have even banned it in some cases, call them terrorists.
Erdogan is a supporter of the MB. I'm sure that is what this "rift" is about.
It could be something else though, Egypt is probably on friendly grounds with Israel, could be other things.
