(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Dr. Nazir Hussain, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University said that strong relationship between Iran and Egypt would be a frustration for US and Israel.
Mohamed Morsi has become the first Islamist to be elected president of the Arab world's most populous nation.
Morsi, the country's first elected leader since a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak, won 51.73 percent of the vote against ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq.
The election result put an end to more than a year of mass protests and rising crime and economic woes after the 18-day revolution that forced the former dictator Hosni Mubarak to step down on Feb. 11, 2011.
Dr. Nazir Hussain said that victory of Mohammad Morsi would be a transition from dictatorship to democratic process. “We have to wait and see how Mr Morsi would slash the role of army in the Egyptian politics, because the power in Egypt lies with the army,” said the analyst.
He said that it is good to see that democratic process has been started in Egypt after 60 years.
The educationist went on to say that new Egyptian government would definitely reduce its relations with Israel.
Dr. Nazir Hussain was of the opinion that emerging situation of Egypt does not favor Israel and US. He added that problem is that Egypt is the second largest recipient of US aid and the country interferes a lot in the affairs of Egypt.
He said that observers say that change in the Arab world will start from Egypt and this is what we are actually witnessing today.
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Nazir Husssain has Ph. D in Political Science and Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies. He has Post-Doc Research Fellowship at the French Institute of International Relations, Paris-France. His areas of interest are Middle East/Persian Gulf and Security Issues.
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