Badr Abdelatty
Egypt's foreign minister since July 2024; a career diplomat and former ambassador to Germany.
Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's foreign minister since July 2024, sat with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan at Antalya on 18 April 2026 to set Hormuz terms without Washington, and met Iran's Abbas Araghchi in Baghdad on 17 October.
Last refreshed: 18 October 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic
Why did Egypt's foreign minister meet Iran's Araghchi in Baghdad in October?
Timeline for Badr Abdelatty
Met Araghchi on the OIC sidelines
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran demands guarantees before US talksMentioned in: Baqaei rejects uranium handover on sacred ground
Iran Conflict 2026Attended third Antalya quadrilateral
Iran Conflict 2026: Four states write Hormuz rules without WashingtonBackground
Badr Abdelatty has been Egypt's foreign minister since 3 July 2024, succeeding Sameh Shoukry. A career diplomat, he was ambassador to Germany from 2015 to 2019 and earlier served as the foreign ministry's spokesperson.
In the Iran war he has worked through a regional format. He attended the third Turkey-Saudi-Egypt-Pakistan quadrilateral at Antalya on 18 April 2026, the first held with no US seat.
Egypt's stake is commercial as well as diplomatic: Suez Canal revenues depend on Red Sea and Gulf shipping that the war has disrupted. On 17 October he met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Baghdad, keeping Cairo in direct contact with Tehran.
Abdelatty joined the Antalya four
On 18 April Abdelatty joined Turkey's Hakan Fidan, Saudi Arabia's Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Pakistan's Ishaq Dar at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum for the third Turkey-Saudi-Egypt-Pakistan meeting. The four claimed scope over sanctions relief, maritime security and multi-state ceasefire guarantees, with no US seat.
Officials from the region briefed Bloomberg and AP on a two-week truce extension said to be agreed in principle; Tehran rejected that account, and its spokesman Ismail Baqaei called Iran's enriched uranium "as sacred as Iranian soil". For Cairo the format offered a seat in shaping Hormuz terms that bear on its own Suez Canal revenues.
Who is Egypt's Foreign Minister in 2026?
What was decided at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Iran?
Why does Egypt care about the Strait of Hormuz?
What did Egypt's foreign minister discuss with Iran at the OIC meeting in Baghdad?
Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 18 October 2026. Editorial standards.