“Egypt secretly planned to supply Russia with 40,000 rockets.” The explosive news is revealed by the top secret US military documents leaked in recent weeks on social media and then in international media. Details are still emerging, but according to files reviewed by the Washington Post, Egypt planned to secretly supply around 40,000 rockets to Russia at the start of the war in Ukraine. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi reportedly ordered the production and transport of the weapons, despite being one of the United States’ closest allies in the Middle East.
Part of a top-secret document, dated February 17, summarizes alleged conversations between Sisi and senior Egyptian military officials, whom the Cairo leader orders to keep secret the production and shipment of rockets “to avoid problems with the West”. Called to comment on the news, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Ahmed Abu Zeid, said that “Cairo’s position, since the beginning of the crisis, has been based on non-involvement and on the commitment to maintain equidistance with both sides, affirming Egypt’s support for the United Nations Charter and International Law.” “We continue to call on both sides to cease hostilities and reach a political solution through negotiations,” the spokesman reiterated. A new grain for the USA, the nth of secret documents that have become public domain.
Source: IL Tempo

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