Ties with US in ‘turmoil’: Egypt
17 Oct 2013 12:11 AM GMT
The suspension, announced last week, came in response to the unrest in the wake of the July 3 military coup that ousted Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, and that led to the deaths of hundreds in police crackdowns.
In an interview with state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said that there is ‘unrest in relations’ between the two countries, warning that the strain could affect the whole Middle East region. The interview was published Wednesday.
However, Fahmy said he was ‘not worried about this turmoil in relations,’ because it’s also a chance for the two to ‘better evaluate their relationship in the future.’
The Obama administration’s decision to cut off military aid was meant as a warning that it no longer can be ‘business as usual’ with Cairo, as President Barack Obama put it last week.
In announcing the decision, the State Department did not say how much of the $1.5 billion in annual military and economic aid to Egypt was affected.
It held up the delivery of Apache helicopters, F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams tank kits, which are put together in Egyptian factories, and Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
In an interview with state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said that there is ‘unrest in relations’ between the two countries, warning that the strain could affect the whole Middle East region. The interview was published Wednesday.
However, Fahmy said he was ‘not worried about this turmoil in relations,’ because it’s also a chance for the two to ‘better evaluate their relationship in the future.’
The Obama administration’s decision to cut off military aid was meant as a warning that it no longer can be ‘business as usual’ with Cairo, as President Barack Obama put it last week.
In announcing the decision, the State Department did not say how much of the $1.5 billion in annual military and economic aid to Egypt was affected.
It held up the delivery of Apache helicopters, F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams tank kits, which are put together in Egyptian factories, and Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
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