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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, caused a great uproar following the accusations he launched against Egypt, prompting Egyptian military experts to reveal the purpose of these statements.
Trump had accused Egypt of using US aid money to buy Russian weapons, as he described in a video clip he posted on his account in Site Twitter.
Trump’s remarks came, as part of his criticism of the United States Congress, after its approval of the “Covid 19” aid package, and Trump said: “Members of Congress have not even read the contents of the bill. , which includes $ 85.5 million to help Cambodia, $ 134 million for Myanmar and $ 1.3 billion for Egypt. ” Where the Egyptian army will go out to buy almost exclusively Russian military equipment, 25 million dollars for democracy programs in Pakistan and other unnecessary elements to alleviate the Corona virus.
Trump threatened not to sign a bill worth $ 892 billion to help Americans from the fallout from the Corona virus and called for it to be amended.
“The bill that they now plan to send to my office is very different from what was expected … it really is a disgrace,” he said.
These statements, especially those related to Egypt, sparked protests on social media, prompting several Egyptian military experts to reveal the true purpose of these statements, based on their description.
Biden involved
Major General Hamdi Bakhit, a member of the outgoing National Security Committee in the Egyptian Parliament, said in exclusive statements to the US network “CNN” that the real objective of these statements is to implicate the next US administration, led by Joe Biden, with tensions in relations with Egypt.
Bakhit added: “Trump’s speech had significant inaccuracies, as Egypt does not receive liquid money from the United States and American aid has specific spending routes, such as training, sending missions and experts, and importing spare arms from the United States.” .
The Egyptian military expert said: “Trump’s statements are just an attempt to chain Egypt in the context of the future of American policies in the Middle East.”
He continued: “I do not think this accusation expresses Trump, but it was issued by the US administration itself with the aim of straining strategic relations between the United States and Egypt before the new president takes office.”
Bakhit said: “The United States has warned Egypt to use the aid since the agreement was signed in the 1980s and until now, despite Egypt’s commitment to the agreed aspects of the disbursement, noting that the purchase of weapons from Egypt to Russia is not a recent issue, but its purchase is not funded. ” You said”.
The Egyptian military expert, Major General Nasr Salem, confirmed these statements saying: “Trump’s statements have no basis in the truth, only part of the aid can be used to buy spare parts for weapons if they are not available in the United States of America, except that the purchase is made in Western countries. ” In limited quantities, these funds cannot be used to buy Russian weapons. “
Sovereign decision
For his part, the former director of moral affairs of the Egyptian army, Major General Samir Farag, said in exclusive statements to “Russia Today” that the decision to buy Russian weapons from Egypt or not is an “Egyptian sovereign” decision that has nothing to do with Trump or anyone else.
He went on to say: “Trump’s statements already lack credibility and objectivity in this area, because US aid funds do not go into the Egyptian treasury, but are used to buy US military equipment that will be agreed between the two parties.”
He went on to say: “I am surprised if Trump is not aware of this fact, or if he turns a blind eye.”
The Egyptian military expert continued: “We know that there is a sensitivity of the Americans towards any country that buys military equipment from Russia in general, while Egypt depends on diversification of weapons sources as a final and sovereign decision, for example not we heard Trump make similar statements when Egypt bought weapons from France, Germany or Italy. ” “.
Regarding the purpose of those statements, Faraj said, “Trump wants to make statements that are far from reality before leaving the White House, to remain on the political and media scene even after leaving power.”
Russia Today also quoted former Egyptian representative and media outlet Mustafa Bakri as saying, “Trump’s words are false and false accusations, and I don’t know why Trump repeats them at this particular time as his term is about to end.”
Bakri added, “Trump just wants to stay in the spotlight, pointing out that Egypt imports weapons from Russia, just as it imports weapons from France, the United States, Germany and any country, he just wants to stay in the spotlight with strange statements that are lacking. of evidence and evidence. “
You said
Egypt receives US aid worth $ 2.1 billion from the US Agency for International Development, divided into $ 815 million in economic aid and $ 1.3 billion in military aid.
And that American aid to Egypt has continued annually, since Cairo signed the Camp David peace agreement with Israel in 1979.
The sources of funding for this aid vary between US aid and financial aid, which is supervised by the US Agency in cooperation with the Egyptian authorities.
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