Egypt responds to US threats to impose sanctions for the purchase of Su-35

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Egyptian authorities assessed the threats with sanctions from Washington, which were set out in a joint letter from the Pentagon and the US Department of State after it became known about the interest that Cairo showed to Russian Su-35 fighters.

Member of Egypt’s parliamentary committee on national security, General Yahya al-Kidwani called unacceptable violation of diplomatic norms and unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the republic pressure that Washington began to exert on Cairo. He said this in a comment for RIA News".

General expressed belief that Egypt leads an independent external policies and he himself is able to decide with whom he will develop militarytechnical cooperation.

According to the general, the strategy of Egypt is based on the diversification of sources of weapons, as evidenced by cooperation with countries such as Russia, China, Germany, France and the United States.

The parliamentarian emphasized that Cairo, in favor of Washington, will not change course aimed at strengthening cooperation with Russia on a wide range of issues, including military ones.

In conclusion, it should be noted that after a series of “color” revolutions initiated by the USA in the Arab world and called the “Arab spring”, the leaders of the countries of the region realized that no friends were needed with friends like Americans.
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  1. -1
    24 November 2019 16: 17
    Egyptian authorities assessed the threats with sanctions from Washington, which were set out in a joint letter from the Pentagon and the US Department of State after it became known about the interest that Cairo showed to Russian Su-35 fighters.

    Well, they gave an assessment. Our Urymarginal in ecstasy. Then what? laughing Egyptians jeans stop (albeit Chinese) to buy? wassat
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    24 November 2019 18: 04
    In fact, everything is somewhat more complicated. Egypt does not have much money to buy weapons.

    ... from 1979 to 2013, the United States provided $ 41,8 billion worth of military assistance to Egypt. Thus, military assistance in the overall balance of US aid to Egypt exceeds economic.

    https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2017/04/14/ssha-egipet-pechalnye-itogi-desyatiletiy-podchineniya

    And the allocation of money did not stop.

    ... as part of the foreign military assistance program for fiscal year 2018, Cairo will receive $ 1 billion. In addition, another 195 million dollars will be allocated to Egypt, which remained unspent over the past fiscal year.

    https://riafan.ru/1098412-ssha-vozobnovyat-voennuyu-pomosh-egiptu

    On the other hand, there is Saudi Arabia, which also pays for the "Wishlist" of Egypt, the same Mistrals were bought with their money.

    https://inosmi.ru/world/20150808/229497289.html

    The issue with the Su-35, rather, depends on the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively, Saudi Arabia and Russia. But the Egyptian parliamentarian can puff out his cheeks and say anything, not paying him the bills. The Arab sheikhs will decide what to buy, and so be it. And we'll see how it all ends. Buy, then the Saudis have become even more dissatisfied with the United States.