Arabic → English transcript

If we reach this area, this Somaliland…

What is its importance?

Suddenly it became strategically important, Egypt has a problem,

Saudi Arabia has a problem,

Israel is suddenly entering into the issue of Somal… Okay, I understand very well

Egyptian and Sudanese national security.

What is Egyptian national security doing in Somaliland, this Somaliland?

As for Somaliland,

it is of course the most important point, and Puntland next to it,

which is separatist as well,

the most important strategic point for us in all of Somalia. Really? For Egypt?

Of course. In October, didn’t we close the Bab el- Mandeb Strait?

Yes, and we blocked

the Israeli navy from leaving the Gulf of Aqaba or entering

here anything headed to Israel.

Can you imagine that

a day might come when someone stations forces here and blocks us? Yes.