A senior Egyptian official has denied supplying Russia with 40,000 rockets for use in its war against Ukraine.
The unnamed official spoke to the Al-Qahera News website on Tuesday following a Washington Post report published a day earlier.
The Post reported that, according to leaked US intelligence documents, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered the production but told officials to keep it a secret “to avoid problems with the West”.
A part of the document dated February 17 alleges that el-Sisi and senior Egyptian officials were to provide Russia with artillery rounds and gunpowder.
The senior official who spoke to Al-Qahera News called the Washington Post report “informational tampering that has no basis in truth”, adding that Egypt follows a balanced foreign policy determined by peace, stability and development.
