Egypt's recognition of Kosovo was "only verbal", without any paper

Egypt recognized Kosovo only verbally - without any paper - in June 2013, three days before the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood.

This represents "a very weak recognition" that even the (Egyptian) Ministry of Foreign Affairs was opposed to, Belgrade-based daily Politika writes, citing a source from diplomatic circles.

The same, unnamed source, said that (diplomatic) notes were not exchanged between the foreign affairs ministries of Egypt and Kosovo - "instead this was done only verbally through a statement made by former (Egyptian) ministry's spokesman Badr Abdel-Atti."

"It all happened on June 26, 2013, three days before the fall of the Muslim Brothers. This verbal recognition was the result of some internal calculations of the Muslim Brotherhood and of external pressure they were subjected to," he said, commenting on the reports that Egypt was now considering...