Under åpningen av det arabiske toppmøtet i Saudi-Arabia mandag sa president Mohammed Morsi at han var mot Frankrikes intervensjon i Mali, men støttet Algeries kamp mot trusler.

Saudi Arabia — Egypt’s Islamist president on Monday stated his opposition to France’s military intervention in Mali, saying its actions there would create a “new conflict hotspot” that separates the Arab north from its African neighbors to the south.

Addressing the opening session of an Arab economic summit in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Morsi also declared his support for Algeria against threats to its security — a reference to the takeover by Islamic militants of a gas complex last week in that nation’s remote southeast. Thirty-eight hostages and 29 militants died in the attack.

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Morsi, who hails from Egypt’s oldest Islamist group — the Muslim Brotherhood — said he would have preferred to see a “peaceful and developmental” intervention in Mali. There was no immediate reaction from France on the comments Morsi made in Riyadh. Morsi is expected to visit Paris on Feb. 1.

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