Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry confirmed that, the Egyptian raids on Libya are legitimate self-defense, and Egypt will defend its National Security at any cost.

He said during A TV interview that, there are strong evidences connecting the targeted locations in Libya with Minya accident against Copts and some other previous accidents. He added that, these extremist are using the disturbing security situation to control lands and use them as training camps, then send extremists into the Egyptian lands to target the Egyptian citizens.