Egypt’s pivot toward Russia happened after some U.S. aid was revoked following the military ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood government on July 3 last year... the State Department has said that the U.S. will wait and see what sort of progress is made by Egypt to adhere to a “democratic roadmap” in the months ahead.
In a recent briefing, the State Department’s deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said that the U.S. was not concerned by Egypt’s moves to purchase weapons from Russia.
Gen. Abdel Monen Saed, a former head of operations for the Egyptian army told BuzzFeed that the Egyptian army was looking to expand its “sources” for its military arsenal, so that in the future it would not be dependent solely on the U.S.
