EGYPTIAN ARMY DELEGATION VISITS ISRAEL

Cairo, 20 Jumadil Awwal 1435/21 March 2014 (MINA) –  A delegation from the Egyptian army and Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Israel last week against the backdrop of consolidating relations between the two countries following the July 3 military coup.

The Egyptian delegation was hosted by the Israeli army’s Planning Department and the MFA, according to Haaretz newspaper, Middle East Monitor reported as cited by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

A senior Israeli official told Haaretz that the Egyptian delegation spent a week in Israel, met Israeli officials, and toured a number of areas.

In the same context, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid said in his latest Haaretz  article that Israel urged senior officials in the US Administration and Congress not to cancel the sale of 10 advanced Apache combat helicopters to Egypt, quoting an Israeli official as saying that supplying Egypt with the helicopters “is crucial to Egypt’s fight Against jihadist organizations in the Sinai, and will improve regional security.”

Ravid stressed that security cooperation between Egypt and Israel has been enhanced since June, and that Israel has made huge efforts to support the interim Egyptian government.(T/P03/P04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)