Egypt will not send its forces to Syria »

Wesco – Informed Follow-up Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry confirmed that Egypt does not intend to send its forces abroad, commenting on Washington’s proposal to Arab countries to send their forces to Syria. Sameh Shoukry said during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, following the ministerial meeting in the “2+2” format of the foreign and defense ministers of Russia and Egypt, in response to a question about the American initiative to replace its forces in Syria with Arab forces: “We addressed this issue within the framework of what is It is widely circulated in the media in the first place. He continued: “As Egypt has made clear on many occasions, the exit of its forces outside its territory, and the military doctrine associated with the fact that the Egyptian armed forces’ main mission is to defend Egyptian lands, and their exit is subject to strict legal and constitutional procedures. We do not address these issues from a theoretical concept or possibilities. However, these issues with regard to Egypt are not currently raised at the official level.”