Egypt-Turkey talks in Cairo dominate talk show coverage
It was all about foreign policy on last night’s talk shows as the nation’s talking heads shifted their attention to the future of Egyptian-Turkish relations following Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s meeting with Sameh Shoukry. We have more on that in Diplomacy, below.
How to patch things up with Turkey: “Egypt wants Turkey to learn from the past 10 years that having major conflicts is in no one’s advantage,” veteran journalist Abdel Moneim Saeed told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 7:33). “I see that Turkey is very eager to set up embassies once again and to have the countries’ heads meet sooner rather than later,” he said, adding that the Egyptian side is more wary, wanting to reestablish these ties in a more deliberate program and put in place a framework to settle conflict.
“We are on the right track to fully restore ties with Turkey … the two countries’ presidents are expected to meet at some point in the future which will help push relations even further,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid told Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 10:24). Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:51) also had the news.
A one-on-one with the new head of the Journalists’ Syndicate: The newly-elected head of the Journalists’ Syndicate Khaled El Balshy joined Ala Mas’ouleety in a phone in to celebrate his win (watch, runtime: 3:19 | 3:45 | 6:36). “Our main goal is to defend journalists through a strong syndicate and free press,” he said, adding that “we want to make the syndicate, once again, a home for all journalists.” El Balshy also highlighted the need to help young part-time journalists secure full-time employment. The news also received coverage from Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 1:22).
El Forsa is still accepting applications: El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 3:15) reminded her viewers that her startups competition show El Forsa is still taking applications until 15 April. Applicants have to have businesses that are maximum three years old, have an actual product or service to offer, and are already established.