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Riad Kahwaji on May 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM
The ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser arrives at the port of Alexandria. (Credit: Egypt Army spokesperson official Facebook Page)
DUBAI: Despite occasional political frictions, military relations between the United States and Egypt remain strong, as CENTCOM signaled when it signed an MOU with the Egyptian Armed Forces on logistics and confirmed its participation in the Bright Star exercise in Egypt this year.
“On April 27, the United States of America and the Arab Republic of Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate reciprocal provision of military logistic support, supplies, and services,” according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. It noted that “while the MOU does not obligate either side to provide support, it does create a standing mechanism to ensure that U.S. and Egyptian military forces can effectively offer reimbursable support to each other when required.