{"id":646077,"date":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/05\/sudanese-foreign-minister-swept-tensions-with-egypt-under-the-rug\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","slug":"sudanese-foreign-minister-swept-tensions-with-egypt-under-the-rug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/05\/sudanese-foreign-minister-swept-tensions-with-egypt-under-the-rug\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese Foreign Minister swept tensions with Egypt under the rug"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour\u2019s statements glorifying Egypt-Sudan <\/strong>relations swept very real tensions between the two countries under the rug<\/strong> rather than facing them head-on, Emad El Din Hussein writes in a column penned for Al Shorouk<\/a>. While Ghandour may have intended to minimize the rift, the fact of the matter is that Egypt and Sudan have serious issues they need to work out \u2014 without blaming the media. The decision to play the platitude game instead of addressing the root causes of the tensions will only result in the continued deterioration of our ties, Hussein says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour\u2019s statements glorifying Egypt-Sudan relations swept very real tensions between the two countries under the rug rather than facing them head-on, Emad El Din Hussein writes in a column penned for Al Shorouk. 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