Mohamed Tawfik: Brotherhood in America a ‘hated minority’

Ambassador Mohamed Tawfik, Egypt’s former ambassador to Washington, said that the Brotherhood is disliked in the United States and that no American politician dares to be associated with the terrorist organization.

In response to the question, “Is Biden’s arrival considered a kiss of life for the Brotherhood?”, Tawfik made it clear that when late ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi asked to meet former US President Barak Obama, he refused completely, although it was the latter who requested to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Tawfik added that among the Egyptian and Muslim community, the Brotherhood is a hated minority.

This is came in Live broadcast to CEMO’s seminar on America’s expected foreign policy line under Joe Biden.

Al-Bawaba Institute and the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris (CEMO) organize a seminar on America’s expected foreign policy line under Joe Biden.

Debates during the seminar look into the expected future shape of U.S. policies under President-elect Joe Biden when he takes over in January.

Assistant foreign minister for European affairs and Egypt’s former ambassador in Rome, Amr Helmi, participate in the seminar, along with Egypt’s former ambassador in Washington, Mohamed Tawfiq.

Participating in the seminar will also be Mohamed Kamal, a professor of political science at Cairo University, and Chairman of the Board and Editor-in-Chief of al-Bawaba and Chairman of the Board of CEMO, Abdel Rahim Ali.

Renowned journalist, Magdi al-Daqaq, moderates the seminar.

Discussions in the seminar focus on international reactions to the return to power in the U.S. by the Democratic Party, the welcome the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization extended after Biden’s election victory, the position of the new administration in the U.S. to the ongoing rise in terrorist attacks in Europe and fears from a spread of these attacks around the world.

The event will especially focus on the expected U.S. foreign policy line in the Middle East, in the light of Turkish and Iranian ambitions in the region, and the crises in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.

It also discuss the future of the aspired settlement to the Palestinian cause.