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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is overriding human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, granting the U.S. ally its full ...
The US condemned the raids as an attack on democratic values [17] and threatened to stop the $1.3 billion in its military aid and about $250 million in economic aid that it gave Egypt every year, [18] but the threat was dismissed by the Egyptian government. [18]
The US State Department will not restrict any military funding to Egypt, including funds conditioned on human rights, a State Department spokesperson told CNN Wednesday.
The Biden administration has allowed much of U.S. foreign military aid to Egypt to go ahead, saying the country was vital for U.S. national security interests despite what critics have said about ...
Foreign Military Financing (FMF) provides grants for the acquisition of U.S. defense equipment, services, and training. These grants enable friends and allies to improve their defense capabilities. [2][3][4][5] FMF is allowed under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), which as amended [22 U.S.C. 2751, et. seq.], authorizes the President to ...
As part of the agreement, the U.S. began economic and military aid to Egypt, and political backing for its subsequent governments. From the Camp David peace accords in 1978 until 2000, the United States has subsidized Egypt's armed forces with over $38 billion worth of aid. Egypt receives about $1.3 billion annually. [18]
Opinion - Congress should block aid to Egypt. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced last week that the U.S. would release $320 million in military aid to Egypt, money tied to human rights ...
[25] [26] The United States has provided aid to Jordan since the late 1960s. In 2022, the United States provided Jordan with $425 million in State Department Foreign Military Financing funds as part of its bilateral aid program. [27] Egypt receives $1.3 billion in annual FMF, accounting for 80 percent of its military procurement budget.