Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi recently ordered subordinates to produce up to 40,000 rockets to be covertly shipped to Russia, according to a document exclusively obtained by the Washington Post.
A portion of a top secret document, dated Feb. 17, summarizes alleged conversations between Sisi and senior Egyptian military officials and also highlights plans to supply Russia with artillery rounds and gunpowder.
"In the document, Sisi instructs the officials to keep the production and shipment of the rockets secret 'to avoid problems with the West,'" the Washington Post reports.
The journalists obtained the document from a trove of images of classified files posted in February and March on Discord, instant messaging social platform. The source of the leak remains unknown. The document has not been previously reported.
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesman for Egypt’s Foreign Ministry, told the journalists commenting on the document that “Egypt’s position from the beginning is based on noninvolvement in this crisis and committing to maintain equal distance with both sides, while affirming Egypt’s support to the U.N. charter and international law in the U.N. General Assembly resolutions.”
SimonKepp on April 11st, 2023 at 22:21 UTC »
If I understand correctly, Egypt used to be a significant buyer of Soviet weapons, and much of Russia's stock-pile is left over from the days of the Soviet Union, so there's probably a decent chance of compatibility between Egyptian and Russian capablities.
No_Hearing48 on April 11st, 2023 at 21:22 UTC »
Friendship ended with Egypt. Now Ethiopia is my best friend.
KI_official on April 11st, 2023 at 10:05 UTC »
Submission Statement:
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reportedly ordered the production of up to 40,000 rockets to be covertly shipped to Russia, according to a top-secret document obtained by the Washington Post.
The instructions to keep the production and shipment of the rockets secret were given to avoid problems with the West.