Report: The US has informed Egypt they are to reduce military aid

The Al-Jadid Qatari newspaper reported by Egyptian diplomatic sources that the US announced the decision to reduce military assistance to Egypt, a decision expected to take effect in the coming year. Government body.It is estimated that the US provides Egypt for an annual assistance estimated at $ 2.1 billion, of which $ 1.3 billion is assigned to military assistance and the rest are directed to economic assistance, including the Egyptian government and non-governmental organizations. The last one.

According to diplomatic sources, an unofficial Egyptian delegation recently visited Washington to discuss the consequences of the US decision and try to clarify the Egyptian military establishment’s position. She included former Arabs, former Egyptian Foreign Minister, Minister of Egyptian industry and other personalities. During the meetings, Egyptian officials emphasized that the Egyptian military vision is mainly based on the preservation of regional stability. “They warned of the danger and implications of all programs aimed at displacing Palestinians and transferring them to Egypt or Jordan, since it would threaten the stability of both regimes,” it said.

Another Egyptian official referred to the US move to reduce the assistance as a violation of the Egyptian-American understanding of the President Anwar Sadat and Jimmy Carter in 1980. The memorandum of understanding is the legal basis for assistance and is actually part of the understandings that followed the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt in the year before. According to the party, there have been discussions between Egyptian and American officials about the situation in the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian sources told the Qatari newspaper that the Pentagon increased the pressure on Egypt, in an attempt to convince her to change her position on the refusal to cooperate with the US program to displace Palestinians. The sources claimed that the pressure of the Pentagon on the Egyptian establishment is increasing.

According to Egyptian sources, US officials recently hinted at military commanders that they may disrupt military assistance to Egypt, including supply of spare parts to various weapons, and prevent maintenance procedures – if Egypt continues to reject the US program.

The Saudi al-Ahada channel reported that Egyptian foreign ministers, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Jordan met with American envoy Steve Whitkoff, and talked to him regarding the Egyptian program to restore the Gaza Strip, which Arab countries adopted. According to the report, the ministers also discussed the committee to be managed to manage the Gaza Strip.