Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05CAIRO8496
2005-11-07 14:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:  

EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN

Tags:  EAID PREL PHUM PK EG 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 008496 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2015
TAGS: EAID PREL PHUM PK EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN

REF: A. CAIRO 8424


B. STATE 200915

Classified by DCM Stuart Jones for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 008496

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2015
TAGS: EAID PREL PHUM PK EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN

REF: A. CAIRO 8424


B. STATE 200915

Classified by DCM Stuart Jones for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (C) Following the Ambassador's conversation with DefMin
Tantawi (Ref A) requesting that Egypt provide parts for the
MI-17 helicopters supporting Pakistan's earthquake relief
effort, the Ministry of Defense advised Post on November 6
that it will provide some or all of 15 of the 23 items
requested. (Note: Of the 15 items, five are direct matches
and 10 are comparable items that the Pakistani military is
vetting for compatibility. End note.) The DefMin's senior
advisor MG Fouad Abdel Halim told Emboffs that immediately
following the Ambassador's phone call to the Field Marshal,
the Field Marshal directed him and other senior officers to
review the Ministry's part inventory and give whatever parts
Egypt could spare. MG Fouad noted that he and other officers
worked during the Eid holiday. CENTCOM is working to
schedule the airlift for the parts.


2. (C) Comment: Egypt's MoD has a long history of
cooperating with U.S. requests for assistance. In the recent
past alone, the MoD has responded favorably to multiple
requests for assistance. For example, the MoD sent arms and
ammunition to Afghanistan, humanitarian relief to Hurricane
Katrina victims, and humanitarian aid (tents and blankets) to
Pakistan's earthquake victims.


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