Secret US documents show that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi planned to produce 40,000 missiles for Russia in February and instructed officials to keep the production and shipment of missiles secret “to avoid problems with the West.”
The Washington Post writes about this, citing a leak of US intelligence data. WP obtained the document from a body of secret files posted in February and March on the popular chat app Discord among gamers.
The Egyptian president, one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East and the largest recipient of US aid, recently ordered subordinates to make a batch of missiles for Moscow. Part of the secret document, dated February 17, contains likely conversations between Sisi and top Egyptian military officials, and also mentions plans to supply Russia with artillery shells and gunpowder.
We have not seen this (deliveries of missiles from Egypt to the Russian Federation – ed.) happen, – the US representative noted.
The US government claims that North Korea is secretly supplying Russia with artillery shells, and China is considering doing the same.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, who is a member of the Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees, noted that “if it is true that Sisi is secretly building missiles for Russia that could be used in Ukraine, we should seriously consider the state of our relationship.”
According to the WP, the document quoted Defense Minister Salah al-Din as saying that if necessary, he would “order his people to work in shifts, because that’s the least Egypt can do to thank Russia for its help.” In addition, the document quoted Salah al-Din as saying that the Russians told him they were ready to “buy anything.”
The Feb. 1 conversation with Sisi came just days after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with the Egyptian president during a visit to Cairo. Immediately after Blinken’s visit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri traveled to Moscow for talks with Russian leaders.
Source: Racurs
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