Resumption of US military aid to Egypt after former military chief
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sworn in as president shows Washington supported
last year?s military coup, a political analyst says.
?This proves that the United States supported the military coup
against the government of Mohamed Morsi last year,? editor of
Pan-African News Wire Abayomi Azikiwe told Press TV from Detroit.
The US State Department said that $575 million — a tranche of some
$1.5 billion annual aid Egypt receives from the US — has been
released over the past 10 days.
The funds have been frozen since October amid US demands that Cairo
introduce ?democratic reforms? in the Arab country.
On Sunday, US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to hold talks with
Sisi, under whose leadership the Egyptian army toppled President
Mohamed Morsi, the country?s first democratically elected leader.
?The international community, the African Union, and all people
throughout the world should be very concerned by developments in
Egypt,? Azikiwe said?on Sunday.
?This cannot sustain stability in Egypt or throughout the entire
region of North Africa and the Middle East,? he said. ?Egypt plays a
very important strategic role overall geopolitical framework of US
foreign policy in North Africa and in the Middle East.?
Washington has also said it will provide 10 Apache attack helicopters to Egypt.
?These helicopters are going to be used against the Egyptian people.
They will not be marched against any power inside Egypt,? the analyst
said.
