Russia has consistently been one of the main suppliers of arms to Egypt and is behind the construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant. Ahead of COP27 talks in Egypt, DW's CathrinSchaer looks at what the partnership between Russia and Egypt entails.
Before COP27 begins,"Egypt wants to present itself as a representative of the Global South, by virtue of its complex identity as an Afro-Arab nation and as a gateway to Africa and the Middle East," Mohammed Soliman, an expert on Egypt at the Washington-based Middle East Institute, or MEI,One of those parties is Russia.
Putin and el-Sissi have much in common. Moscow criticized popular pro-democracy protests during the so-called Arab Spring. These toppled former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, before the country eventually returned to an authoritarian, military-led rule under el-Sissi, after a period of political instability. Given el-Sissi's dire human rights record, he likely feels the same as Putin about political protest.
In 2018, the two countries signed a strategic cooperation treaty to bolster trade between them, as well as promote other forms of cooperation. Several large projects followed, including Russia building and financing, the upgrading of Egypt's railways, as well as a special free trade zone for Russia inside Egypt.
For example, Egyptian authorities were quick to deny that they had sent observers to Ukraine in September — something Russian news agency, TASS, had reported — to monitor Russia's sham referendums in occupied Ukraine. However Egyptian media reports indicate this plan now seems to be on hold, due to fear of the US's Ukraine-related sanctions on any financial institutions handling the Russian transactions.by international business consultancy, Dezan Shira and Associates, shows just how balanced Egypt's relationships have been. There is"an equidistant trade policy," the consultancy concluded.
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