No Mediation with Hizbullah, Good Ties with Lebanon
Egypt has reiterated accusations that Iran and Hizbullah were trying to destabilize Arab national security. However, it stressed that ties remain intact with Lebanon.
"There is no problem whatsoever between Egypt and the Lebanese state," Egyptian presidential spokesman Suleiman Awwad said.
He described Egyptian-Lebanese relations as "brotherly" and "cordial."
Awwad hit back at remarks made by Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, saying Egypt "does not pay to those who try to become a state within the state," a reference to Hizbullah.
Meanwhile, Egypt denied Cairo was involved in any mediation with Hizbullah over the arrest of the so-called Hizbullah cell.
Pan-Arab daily Al Hayat quoted an Egyptian official as saying that the case of the Hizbullah cell is in the hands of the public prosecution "and there is no room for political intervention."