Egypt planned to secretly send tens of thousands of missiles to Russia, The Washington Post wrote, citing one of the alleged secret US documents.
“Leaked” secret Pentagon documents indicate that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi planned to secretly manufacture up to 40,000 missiles to be sent to Russia. On Monday, April 10, The Washington Post reported.
According to the documents, published on Discord, the supply of missiles to the Russian Federation in Egypt was discussed in February. The possibility of supplying artillery shells and gunpowder was also considered.
Commenting on the request from the publication, a representative of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that “the country’s position was initially based on innocence.”
“We continue to call on both sides to stop fighting and reach a political solution through negotiations,” he said.
At the same time, a representative of the US government said, on condition of anonymity, that there is no data yet on the implementation of such plans.
“We didn’t see this happen,” the official said.
The publication recalls that Egypt is increasing cooperation with the United States. In particular, the United States has been giving the country more than a billion dollars annually in military aid for decades.
“Egypt is one of our oldest allies in the Middle East. If it is true that Sisi is secretly building missiles for Russia that could be used in Ukraine, we should seriously rethink our relationship,” said Senator Chris Murphy.
It was noted that the February 1 conversation with Sisi mentioned in the documents took place 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.
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