11 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
A senior Egyptian official has denied on Tuesday that Egypt has manufactured about 40,000 missiles to send to Russia in the framework of the war against Ukraine, information published by the newspaper ‘The Washington Post’ and that would derive from the alleged leaked documents from the Pentagon .
An official Egyptian source cited by Al Qahera News, a media outlet affiliated with the Egyptian state, has branded said information, published by the American newspaper, as “false” and without “a basis in truth,” the newspaper ‘Al Ahram’ has reported. .
As published by ‘The Washington Post’, some of the leaked Pentagon documents, dated February 17, summarize alleged conversations between the Egyptian president, Abdelfatá al Sisi, and senior officials of his Army, whom he asks to maintain the production and shipment of weapons in secret “to avoid problems with the West”.
Specifically, in the document the Egyptian president speaks with Salah al Din, identified by the aforementioned newspaper as Salah al Din, secretary of state for military production–, who suggests that employees will have to work overtime if necessary, since that “it is the least” that can be done for “the previous aid from Russia”, without specifying what aid they are referring to.
The military also alleged that “the Russians will buy whatever” in terms of arms and ammunition, always according to the aforementioned newspaper. Asked about these accusations, the article quotes the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, who affirms that Egypt’s position on the war in Ukraine is one of neutrality.
“Egypt’s position from the beginning is based on not getting involved in this crisis (the Ukrainian war) and committing to keep the same distance from both sides,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said.
In this sense, he stressed that Egypt supports the United Nations charter and the resolutions of the UN General Assembly in this regard. “We continue to urge both sides to cease hostilities and reach a political solution through negotiations,” she added.
The Kremlin has also branded this Tuesday as a “liar” the information published by the American newspaper. “It seems like another lie, of which there are now many, so this information should be treated that way,” said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dimitri Peskov, during his daily press conference, according to the Russian news agency. news Interfax.
