From the Egyptian People to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides:
At the outset, we would like to consolidate the diplomatic and political concept of relations between States. The most beneficial relations are equal relations nurtured and guaranteed by the people, not the rulers. After all, the rulers are ephemeral, whether removed democratically through a vote or by a massive popular revolution that eliminates the autocrat and throws him into history.
Together with Greece, you exploited Egypt’s general-turned-ruler, who turned against democracy in our country. Sisi wanted to buy legitimacy for his illegitimate rule by giving up Egypt’s rights to Eastern Mediterranean gas, thereby currying favor with countries from which he was separated by democracy and political intrigue. On November 8, 2014, Cyprus held a Kalamata summit between Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece, through which the usurper of Egypt, the tyrannical general, was duped. The agreement reached at this summit accorded with the Israeli infrastructure map that Greece published in 2011, making the disputed cave wells between it and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean the monopoly of Tel Aviv. The agreement also means that Greek territorial waters will stretch between Egypt and Turkey with a strip twice the size of Egypt’s delta, according to some Greek newspapers, and in a region that could be rich in natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, one of the most promising mines of wealth. This is a waste of the wealth of the Egyptian people, and no ruler has the right to decide to waste those resources. As a result of this agreement, on March 18, 2015, it was announced that Egypt would be transformed from a gas exporter to a gas importer from Israel. In August 2020, Egypt and Greece signed an agreement to demarcate maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean, which was described as a new concession by al-Sisi of sites containing huge gas wealth. In July 2022, the disparity in reactions over the revenues of the gas agreement concluded between Egypt, Israel and the European Union raised questions about the extent to which Egypt will benefit from the deal. Observers asserted that Tel Aviv is the biggest winner, and that Egypt’s anticipated gains had been exaggerated.
Ceding the Leviathan and Aphrodite fields to Israel and Cyprus lost Egypt $320 billion, and ceding Egypt’s maritime borders to Greece would cause Egypt to lose $6 billion. This is because Israel sells gas to Egypt from the Tamara field in Lebanese waters in the Mediterranean, and to Jordan from Leviathan in Egypt’s borders. Sisi’s suspicious alliance with Cyprus, Greece, and Israel is a dubious one; it works against the interests of Egypt and stains it with the crime of high treason. High treason is not subject to any statute of limitations. Israel’s Leviathan fields and Cyprus’s Aphrodite are located within Egypt’s exclusive economic waters, and by signing the agreement with Cyprus, Sisi has admitted to waiving Egypt’s rights to those resources.
All the agreements signed by Cyprus with the tyrranical leader of Egypt are invalid under the Egyptian Constitution pursuant to the articles below:
Article 1
The Arab Republic of Egypt is a sovereign, united, indivisible State, where no part may be given up, having a democratic republican system that is based on citizenship and the rule of law. The Egyptian people are part of the Arab nation seeking to enhance its integration and unity. Egypt is part of the Islamic world, belongs to the African continent, cherishes its Asian dimension, and contributes to building human civilization.
Article 32
The State’s natural resources belong to the people. The State shall preserve and effectively exploit them, may not deplete them, and shall observe the rights of future generations to them. The State shall make the best use of renewable energy sources, motivate investment therein, and encourage relevant scientific research. The State shall encourage the manufacture of raw materials and increase their added value as per economic feasibility. Disposing of the State’s public properties is prohibited. Granting the right of exploitation of natural resources or public utility concessions shall be by a law for a period not exceeding thirty (30) years. Granting the right of exploitation of quarries, small mines and slatterns, or granting public utility concession shall be based on a law for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) years.The Law shall define provisions of disposing of the State’s private properties as well as the regulating rules and procedures.
Article 34Public properties are inviolable and may not be infringed upon. Protection thereof is a duty according to the Law.
Article 45 The State shall protect its seas, shores, lakes, waterways, and natural protectorates. Trespassing, polluting, or misusing any of them is prohibited. Every citizen is guaranteed the right to enjoy them. The State shall protect and develop the green space in the urban areas; preserve plant, animal, and fish resources and protect those under the threat of extinction or danger; guarantee humane treatment of animals, all according to the law.
Article 151 The President of the Republic shall represent the State in its foreign relations and conclude treaties and ratify them after the approval of the House of Representatives. Such treaties shall acquire the force of law following their publication in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. Voters must be called for referendum on the treaties related to making peace and alliance, and those related to the rights of sovereignty. Such treaties shall only be ratified after the announcement of their approval in the referendum. In all cases, no treaty may be concluded which is contrary to the provisions of the Constitution or which results in ceding any part of state territories.
Accordingly, the Egyptian people do not recognize any agreements that Sisi has signed with Cyprus because they explicitly violate the EgyptianCconstitution and because they deprive current and future generations of Egyptians of the wealth that would enable them to live withn dignity. Once a just and democratic government is established, the Egyptian people will immediately work to restore all their usurped rights, in which Cyprus has played a major role. The Egyptian people may one day get sick, but they don’t die.
A legal committee, comprised of the main signatories to this letter, will prepare files of the various cases to be established when the time comes. Through an international legal office, the committee will prove each claim and demand the return of these resources and assets to the people of Egypt., In accordance with and based upon the theory of emergency, force majeure, or exceptional circumstances, the Egyptian people have the right to object to any contract that affects Egypt’s land, resources or national security.
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