UPDATED: Egypt plans to buy large amount of advanced weapons from Russia:
Russian Defence Ministry
Epy has been fighting an Islamist militant insurgency in North Sinai
Ahram Online , Wednesday 25 Nov 2015
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Egypt plans to buy large amounts of modern and advanced weapons from
Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered federal service for
military-technical cooperation to rapidly respond to an Egyptian request to
buy armaments, Russian Interfax agency reported.

It’s not yet known what type of weapons Egypt plans to buy.

Shoigu’s announcement comes after a two-day visit to Egypt, where he met
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday in Cairo. The meeting was
attended by the Egyptian defence minister, the Russian deputy defence
minister, and the Russian ambassador to Cairo.

During his meeting with El-Sisi, the Russian defence minister said Russia
appreciates Egypt’s role in achieving security and stability in the region,
according to a statement released by the Egyptian presidency.

He also affirmed that Russia is keen to continue cooperation with Egypt in
all areas, especially in the military field, highlighting the importance of
unified efforts by the international community in combating terrorism.

Russian news agency TASS quoted the Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly
Antonov, who said that Russia will respond in coming weeks to Egypt’s
armaments and combat hardware requests.

"The plan is that we must give an answer to all the requests of our Egyptian
friends in the coming weeks," Antonov said.

The Russian defense minister and his Egyptian counterpart agreed to maintain
close contact and keep the issues of military and technical cooperation
"under personal control," Antonov said.

Russian media reports said earlier that Russia may sign a deal with Egypt
for the delivery of Kamov Ka-52K helicopters developed for the Mistral-class
amphibious ships and the corresponding equipment. Chief of the Kremlin Staff
Sergey Ivanov said the sum of the deal might exceed $1 billion.The Russian
delegation’s visit comes less than a week after the two countries signed the
Dabaa nuclear plant deal, which involves the building of four
third-generation reactors in Egypt.

Egypt and Russia have been carrying out investigations into the crash of a
Russian airliner that was downed in central Sinai on 31 October, killing all
224 people on board.

Russia claims that a bomb caused the crash, but Egyptian authorities have
not confirmed this, saying the investigation is ongoing.