US: Egypt could face sanctions over Russia warplanes
Posted Nov 18, 2019 11:45:51 AM.
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — A senior U.S. official is warning Egypt that if it purchases Russian fighter jets it risks American sanctions.
R. Clarke Cooper, the State Department’s assistant secretary in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, made the comment to journalists on the sidelines of the biennial Dubai Airshow.
Cooper said: “It puts them at risk of sanctions and it puts them at risk of loss of future acquisition.”
The Associated Press