Turkey's Fidan Criticizes Greece-Cyprus-Israel Alliance in Egypt Visit

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan used a visit to Egypt to accuse Greece, Cyprus, and Israel of forming a security alliance aimed at containing Turkey, while promoting a separate regional framework involving Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The remarks, delivered during a two-day visit to Egypt that began on August 13, 2026, sought to draw Cairo closer to the Turkish-led initiative and repair long-strained bilateral ties.

Speaking at a joint press conference in the coastal city of El Alamein alongside Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Fidan contrasted the emerging Turkish-Saudi-Pakistani cooperation with what he described as an existing alignment between Athens, Nicosia, and Jerusalem. He claimed that before the Mecca Agreement, the Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral had attempted to draw a line down the middle of the Eastern Mediterranean, placing Turkey and Egypt on opposite sides. Fidan presented the Mecca framework as a cooperative alliance not directed against any country, intended to strengthen regional deterrence and allow nations to take greater responsibility for their own security.

The comments appear designed to frame the Greece-Cyprus-Israel partnership as a threat...