The decision reflects us frustrations over cairos crackdown on dissent and restrictions on. Annual appropriations legislation includes several conditions governing the release of these funds. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid, including jets, tanks. The obama administrations attempt to resume military aid to egypt faces critical opposition in congress. The bill does not include a withholding of fmf or certification requirement. Us withholds aid from egypt over rights concerns voice. In a strongly worded statement, the spokesperson of egypt s foreign ministry stated that the comments of us state department spokesperson marie harf showed total ignorance and failure to know of current. Israel fears negative impact from us aid freeze on egypt. Egypt condemns us as ignorant over claim that military aid. The delivery of largescale military systems as well as cash assistance to the egyptian government. The pattern over the last five years has been consistent. Egypt criticises us decision to withhold military aid.
Decision to withhold aid package washington is withholding delivery of apache helicopters and other things to show its displeasure with the egyptian military s bloody. Egypt s foreign ministry has strongly condemned the united states department of state latest comments on military aid to egypt as ignorant and lacking. New report urges us to suspend egypt military aid over. Us trims aid to egypt as part of diplomatic recalibration. At stake in the growing rift over the issue is a fragile postrevolution relationship between the united states and egypt. Five years later, the trump administration has backed down in its own military aid standoff with egypt. Us releases aid to egypt amid human rights concerns. Members of security forces keep watch in tahrir square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30year reign of hosni mubarak in cairo, egypt, january 25, 2016. Us withholds egypt military aid over crackdown bbc news. The us is reducing its military aid to egypt following the ouster of president mohamed morsi and the subsequent crackdown on his supporters by the militarybacked government. Last august, amid concerns over egyptian cooperation with north korea and sisis crackdown. The human rights situation in egypt is getting worse.
The us is suspending a large part of its financial and military aid to egypt over a bloody crackdown on supporters of expresident mohammed. Us withholds military aid to egypt news al jazeera. But the announcement got sidetracked by the debate over whether to launch military strikes against syria. Weeks later, egypts military and national police launched a violent crackdown. Administrations have justified aid to egypt as an investment in regional stability, built primarily on longrunning cooperation with the egyptian military and on sustaining the 1979 egyptian israeli peace treaty. The first time was under president obamas administration in 20. The israeli government declined direct comment on the move, but said it hoped there would be no knockon effects. In 20, egypts crackdown on nongovernmental organizations in the country, including several american ngo workers, prompted the obama administration. Obama administration temporarily withholds aid to egypt. Cairo egypt s military backed government forged ahead with a sweeping political crackdown against islamists on wednesday, even as the united states prepared to withhold some of the military. The obama administration is withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in cash to egypt, in addition to military aid, in response to the ouster of president mohamed morsi and the crackdown by the. The us is suspending a large part of its financial and military aid to egypt over a bloody crackdown on supporters of expresident mohammed morsi. Washington sputnik a newly published report urges us secretary of state rex tillerson to suspend military aid to egypt over a crackdown on dissent led by president abdel fattah elsissis government, human rights first said in a statement. The united states has provided significant military and economic assistance to egypt since the late 1970s.
The recent crackdown on foreignfunded nongovernmental organizations ngos in egypt has sparked a new round of diplomatic hand wringing over washingtons longstanding military aid. Egyptian relations that withholds the obligation of foreign military. Egypt criticises us for withholding military aid kichuu. Egypt criticises us decision to cut aid as kushner visits. Congress is also displaying a heightened interest in conditioning aid on human rights improvements. Some of the aid goes to the government and some to other groups but it is only the money that goes to the government that would be suspended. In crackdown response, us temporarily freezes some military aid. Egypt launches its widest antigay crackdown yet the. Human rights first today released a new report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and nongovernmental organizations in egypt under the sisi government. The united states will withhold deliveries of abrams tanks, f16. The united states suspended aid after egypt s first elected president, mohamed morsi, was ousted.
Us withholds egypt military aid us suspends a large part of its financial and military aid to egypt over a bloody crackdown on supporters of expresident mohammed morsi. Us trims aid to egypt as part of diplomatic recalibration us signals disapproval at regimes crackdown but administration officials emphasise continuing a strong relationship with egypt. Us punishes egypt over crackdown on dissent the national. In 20 following the overthrow of egypt s first democratically elected leader, islamist president mohammed morsi, the us suspended half the aid and withheld military assistance, including 12 f16. Us to cut military and economic aid to egypt in shift of. The delivery of largescale military systems as well as cash assistance to the egyptian government would be withheld, said the state department. In recent years, the united states congress and the senate in particular have, through a series of hearings, statements, and appropriations bills, raised their concerns over the effectiveness of u. The bill does not include a withholding of fmf or certification.
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