Crisis Statement

Good Morning my fellow Security Council Members. Our condolences go out to the families of those who have lost loved ones yesterday in Turkey. Our government will be doing further investigation into who is responsible for this explosion but we have a strong belief that the attack is linked to a terrorist organization. It is very doubtful that an attack of this magnitude could have been done with out the support of a major terrorist organization. In no way does Egypt condone terrorist acts. We always have and will continue to fight against terrorism. We do not want to associate any terrorist organization with this attack until we gather more information and are 100 percent sure of who was responsible. Additionally we recommend that no country over react to what happened yesterday and blame a certain country for what transpired because such evidence is not currently available. We also hope that this will not hinder the progress towards peace in the Middle East. While U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell was pulled out of the West Bank yesterday where he was going to restart the indirect peace talks between Palestinian Authority and Israel, Egypt will continue to help Israel and Palestinian Authority solve their issues and therefore stop the flow of Palestinian refugees into Egypt and create peace in the Middle East. We will make future statements when our government receives more information on this crisis.