(ΜΙΚΡΗ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΑΡΘΡΩΝ)
Α)Αίγυπτος: Οι Αλεξανδρινοί επευφημούσαν με κανονιοβολισμούς την άφιξη του ρωσικού καταδρομικού στο λιμάνι
Οι
κάτοικοι της Αλεξάνδρειας, στην Αίγυπτο, με αγαλλίαση και
κανονιοβολισμούς υποδέχθηκαν τον κατάπλου του ρωσικού καταδρομικού
‘Βάριαγκ’ (Варяг) στο λιμάνι σε ανεπίσημη επίσκεψη.
Η
ηγεσία του καταδρομικού με επικεφαλής τον πλοιάρχο Α΄ Αλεξάντερ
Ποταπόφ, συναντήθηκε με εκπροσώπους της ρωσικής διπλωματικής αποστολής
και τη διοίκηση της Ναυτικής Βάσης της Αλεξάνδρειας.
Ο
πλοίαρχος του ρωσικού πολεμικού πλοίου, σε επίσημη τελετή του ναυτικού,
κατέθεσε στεφάνι στο μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη στην προκυμαία της
Αλεξάνδρειας.
«Θέλω να ευχαριστήσω για την υποδοχή που επιφυλάξατε κατά την επίσκεψή μας στο λιμάνι της Αλεξάνδρειας.
Η
επίσκεψη αυτή θα δώσει νέα ώθηση στις σχέσεις μας και την περαιτέρω
συνεργασία μεταξύ του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού», είπε ο αρχηγός του προσωπικού
του ‘Βάριαγκ’, Ιγκόρ Σμόλιακ, αναφέρει το ρωσικό Νόβοστι.
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Β)Russia negotiates its biggest arms deal with Egypt since the Cold War after Barack Obama cuts defence aid
AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKYA
file picture taken on April 24, 2012, shows an ammunition being
displayed in front of a MIG-29 fighter jet at the military aerodrome at
Vasylkiv, some 50 km from Kiev.
Russia
is negotiating its biggest weapons deals with Egypt since the Cold War
as it seeks to capitalize on U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to
cut defence aid to the military-backed government.
Egypt is seeking as much as US$2 billion in Russian weaponry, including MiG-29 fighter planes, air-defence systems and anti-tank missiles, said Ruslan Pukhov, a member of the Russian Defence Ministry’s advisory board and head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow.
The Russian defence and foreign ministers will fly to Cairo this week for two days of talks with Egyptian officials on “military-technical” cooperation, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Nov. 8. Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy confirmed the arms talks in an interview with Russia’s state-run Arabic language channel RT Tuesday.
The Obama administration last month suspended some military aid to Egypt, including US$260 million in cash and deliveries of F-16 fighter jets, helicopters and tanks in an effort to prod the North African country toward democracy. Egypt’s army ousted President Mohamed Mursi in July, leading to clashes between security forces and Mursi’s supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood that have left more than 1,000 people dead.
The Russian visit sends “a strong political message that stresses the desire” of Russia “to bolster relations and cooperate with Egypt in all fields,” Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said by phone Tuesday. This doesn’t mean “substituting one party with another but rather diversifying the alternatives and choices.”
Egyptian officials are seeking financing from an unidentified Persian Gulf country to buy as much as US$4 billion of Russian arms, Palestinian newspaper Dunia al-Watan reported Nov. 6, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have pledged at least US$12 billion to Egypt’s new government.
Russia signed a weapons deal
with Iraq last year that’s worth more than US$4.2 billion, its biggest
with that Middle Eastern country since the ouster of Saddam Hussein in
2003.
At the top of Egypt’s shopping list is the MiG-29 M2 fighter jet, an advanced version of the Soviet-designed aircraft, Pukhov said in an interview in the Russian capital. Egypt is interested in 24 of the warplanes, a package that may be worth US$1.7 billion, according to Pukhov.
Egypt may also be interested in short- to medium-range Russian defence systems such as the Buk M2, Tor M2 and Pantsir- S1, according to Said Aminov, editor-in-chief of pvo.guns.ru, a defense information portal.
“The only issue is Egypt’s ability to pay,” Igor Korotchenko, another member of the Defence Ministry’s advisory board, said by phone from Moscow. “Russia is prepared to supply a wide range of arms to meet Egypt’s requirements.”
The Egyptian government installed by the army after Mursi’s overthrow has said it expects to hold elections next year. Egypt, an American ally for more than three decades, received about US$1.3 billion a year in military aid from the U.S. prior to Mursi’s ouster.
Egypt and the Soviet Union became allies in the 1950s when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev forged ties. Egypt received Soviet military assistance, including during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and the Soviets financed infrastructure projects such as the Aswan Dam to irrigate land and supply electricity.
The ties lapsed after Nasser’s death in 1970, when the Arab nationalist was succeeded by Anwar Sadat, who set the regional power on a pro-U.S. track that accelerated under Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011. In 1972, Sadat expelled thousands of Soviet advisers and in 1976 ended a treaty on friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union.
“They are trying to send the U.S. a strong message by approaching Russia the way they are, which is ‘unless you stop linking military aid with political issues, we’re going to look elsewhere,’” Yasser el-Shimy, an analyst for the International Crisis Group in Cairo, said by phone Tuesday.
“A lot will depend on how willing Gulf countries are to finance Egypt’s arms purchases from Russia,” el-Shimy said.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/12/russia-negotiates-its-biggest-arms-deal-with-egypt-since-the-cold-war-after-barack-obama-cuts-defence-aid/
Egypt is seeking as much as US$2 billion in Russian weaponry, including MiG-29 fighter planes, air-defence systems and anti-tank missiles, said Ruslan Pukhov, a member of the Russian Defence Ministry’s advisory board and head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow.
The Russian defence and foreign ministers will fly to Cairo this week for two days of talks with Egyptian officials on “military-technical” cooperation, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Nov. 8. Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy confirmed the arms talks in an interview with Russia’s state-run Arabic language channel RT Tuesday.
The Obama administration last month suspended some military aid to Egypt, including US$260 million in cash and deliveries of F-16 fighter jets, helicopters and tanks in an effort to prod the North African country toward democracy. Egypt’s army ousted President Mohamed Mursi in July, leading to clashes between security forces and Mursi’s supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood that have left more than 1,000 people dead.
The Russian visit sends “a strong political message that stresses the desire” of Russia “to bolster relations and cooperate with Egypt in all fields,” Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said by phone Tuesday. This doesn’t mean “substituting one party with another but rather diversifying the alternatives and choices.”
Egyptian officials are seeking financing from an unidentified Persian Gulf country to buy as much as US$4 billion of Russian arms, Palestinian newspaper Dunia al-Watan reported Nov. 6, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have pledged at least US$12 billion to Egypt’s new government.
US AIR FORCE / JONATHAN SYNDERThis
US Department of Defense photo shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft
as it flies over the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex. The United States
has delayed plans to supply Egypt with an additional four F-16 fighter
jets due to unrest gripping the country, the Pentagon said on July 24,
2013.
At the top of Egypt’s shopping list is the MiG-29 M2 fighter jet, an advanced version of the Soviet-designed aircraft, Pukhov said in an interview in the Russian capital. Egypt is interested in 24 of the warplanes, a package that may be worth US$1.7 billion, according to Pukhov.
Egypt may also be interested in short- to medium-range Russian defence systems such as the Buk M2, Tor M2 and Pantsir- S1, according to Said Aminov, editor-in-chief of pvo.guns.ru, a defense information portal.
“The only issue is Egypt’s ability to pay,” Igor Korotchenko, another member of the Defence Ministry’s advisory board, said by phone from Moscow. “Russia is prepared to supply a wide range of arms to meet Egypt’s requirements.”
A lot will depend on how willing Gulf countries are to finance Egypt’s arms purchases from RussiaA spokesman for Russian arms broker Rosoboronexport, Vyacheslav Davidenko, declined to comment on the Cairo talks. Egyptian military spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Ali couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.
The Egyptian government installed by the army after Mursi’s overthrow has said it expects to hold elections next year. Egypt, an American ally for more than three decades, received about US$1.3 billion a year in military aid from the U.S. prior to Mursi’s ouster.
Egypt and the Soviet Union became allies in the 1950s when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev forged ties. Egypt received Soviet military assistance, including during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and the Soviets financed infrastructure projects such as the Aswan Dam to irrigate land and supply electricity.
The ties lapsed after Nasser’s death in 1970, when the Arab nationalist was succeeded by Anwar Sadat, who set the regional power on a pro-U.S. track that accelerated under Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011. In 1972, Sadat expelled thousands of Soviet advisers and in 1976 ended a treaty on friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union.
“They are trying to send the U.S. a strong message by approaching Russia the way they are, which is ‘unless you stop linking military aid with political issues, we’re going to look elsewhere,’” Yasser el-Shimy, an analyst for the International Crisis Group in Cairo, said by phone Tuesday.
“A lot will depend on how willing Gulf countries are to finance Egypt’s arms purchases from Russia,” el-Shimy said.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/12/russia-negotiates-its-biggest-arms-deal-with-egypt-since-the-cold-war-after-barack-obama-cuts-defence-aid/
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