The US government stresses that it has no indication that Egypt provides weapons to Russia despite the leaks

MADRID, 12 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The US government has remarked this Tuesday that it has no indication that Egypt is providing lethal weapons to Russia in the framework of the war in Ukraine, according to information published by the newspaper 'The Washington Post' and that would derive from the alleged leaked documents from the Pentagon .

"I don't want to talk about the validity of these leaked documents, but what I will say is that we have not seen any indication that Egypt is providing lethal weapons capabilities to Russia," said US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. in a press conference.

Kirby has remarked that Egypt "is an important security partner and continues to be so in the region," while stressing that the US Army "has a long defense relationship with Egypt that goes back many years."

Likewise, the spokesman explained that the US authorities are in contact with their partners and allies, after journalists asked him if this leak is harming relations with other countries.

According to the leaked documents of the US Intelligence Services, the Egyptian president, Abdelfatá al Sisi, ordered the manufacture of about 40,000 missiles to send them to Russia, as summarized by alleged conversations between the Egyptian president and senior officials of his Army.

Given this, the Kremlin called the information "a lie." For his part, the spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Ahmed abu Zeid, stressed that "Egypt's position from the beginning (of the invasion) is based on non-participation in the crisis and maintaining equidistance, while affirming Egyptian support for the United Nations Charter, International Law and the resolutions of the UN General Assembly".

The documents apparently remained on Discord, a messaging service that doubles as a social network, from January until early March, when a user posted dozens of them to a group with a larger number of members. Since then, at least a dozen files have been disseminated through other channels. Last week, an allegedly redacted version of one of these documents surfaced via the Russian messaging app Telegram.

The documents detail the US assessment of the war in Ukraine and include plans to reinforce the Ukrainian military for a counteroffensive, as well as data on the state of Russian forces. It also includes sensitive material about other countries, including China or Israel.