EGYPT PERSPECTIVE

Egypt and Pakistan jointly expressed hope for a second round of US-Iran talks, positioning Cairo as part of the same mediating bloc. Egypt Independent reported the aspiration for a renewed diplomatic push. For Cairo, the episode illustrates both the ambitions of the moderate Arab world as a stability guarantor, and the limits of that activism when facing American arbitrariness. Egypt has direct interests: the Suez Canal is suffering from maritime route diversions caused by the war.