Cairo: The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on since last year. Now Egypt is also being called Russia’s helper. According to leaked US intelligence documents, Egypt planned to secretly manufacture and send some 40,000 rockets to Russia to increase ammunition supplies during the war. The information about the leaked documents has been shared by the Washington Post. The outlet also said that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a meeting with his top military officials in which they also discussed sending artillery and ammo to Russia.
According to the Washington Post, the date of the confidential document is February 17. This report has shocked American officials and politicians. Egyptian President Abdel is helping Russia so that Russia can avoid problems with the West. “If it is true that Sisi is secretly building rockets for Russia that could be used in Ukraine, then we need to take a serious look at the state of our relationship,” Connecticut’s junior senator Chris Murphy told the Washington Post. need to think.’
Fox News said John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, declined to confirm the authenticity of the documents. If true, it could affect US relations with Egypt, one of its closest allies in the Middle East and North Africa. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with al-Sisi in Cairo in late January, after which the State Department issued a statement saying Mr. Blinken expressed the United States’ solidarity with Egypt as it Counteracts the economic impact of the brutal Russia-Ukraine war.
US President Joe Biden also visited Egypt in November last year and met al-Sisi. He had praised the Egyptian President for his country’s stance on the war. However, according to the news agency Reuters, food prices have increased due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Egypt has been increasing its dependence on Russian wheat since last year.
