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Egypt has supported the Libyan government against Islamist militias that now control most of the country’s big cities and large swaths of territory, though not yet the oilfields capable of producing 2.7 million barrels a day.

“We have a struggle against similar organizations that are an offshoot of other terrorist ideologies like the [Muslim] Brotherhood and all these organizations support each other,” Mr. Shuki said. We have seen terrorists from Isil move from Iraq and Syria to Sinai, even Nigeria.

“The interconnected nature of all these organizations has to be recognized.”

Given the shared ideological roots of the Muslim Brotherhood and violent Islamist movements, the Egyptian foreign minister said the fight could not be won in Iraq and Syria alone.

Canada and Britain have so far deployed fighter jets to fly alongside the U.S. in carrying out strikes on ISIS in Iraq, while Persian Gulf states are conducting air strikes alongside the U.S. in Iraq and Syria.

“All of us attempting the eradication of a terrorist organization in one area will need to have greater cooperation in another if we are to comprehensively deal with this threat,” he said.

Egypt has welcomed the British government’s decision to commission a report into the scope of the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities both in Britain and around the world, as the post-revolutionary government seeks the isolation of its strongest rival.

Although the document will not be published until the end of the year, leaks have indicated Britain will take action against Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups where there are suspicions of financing or involvement with suspicious activities abroad.