CAIRO: Egypt summoned the Turkish charge d’affaires on Saturday for the second time in a month to complain about comments by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan deemed insulting to the leadership in Cairo, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.

In an interview with broadcaster CNN, Erdogan repeated the phrase that caused offense last time, calling Egypt’s President, former army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sissi, a “tyrant.” He also accused Egypt of not being “sincere” over the Gaza crisis.

“The Arab republic of Egypt expresses its deep rejection of the latest comments made by the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan,” the Foreign Ministry said.

It said Erdogan’s comments included “insults to the president and an issuing of general verdicts that lacked evidence, not objective but based on personal considerations.”