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El Sisi orders study of emergency reserves for Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered a study of strategic reserves to help the country handle emergencies.
The task was given to a newly created authority led by army Chief of Staff Gen Mohammed Abdel Rahman Rabia.
The order comes amid fears that renewed fighting involving Iran and the United States could disrupt supply routes.
Egypt has so far been largely spared the hostilities, but a drone strike set a gas tanker ablaze at the port of Damietta in July.
The country has also prepared for possible threats near the Red Sea and Suez Canal, and has announced plans to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia, though their arrival has not been confirmed.
Egypt says its essential food reserves can last six months, and a state importer recently bought five cargoes of wheat.
The new authority is to work with government institutions as it studies how reserves could help the country respond to emergencies.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered a newly created authority to study building strategic reserves for emergencies.
The authority is led by Gen Mohammed Abdel Rahman Rabia, the armed forces’ Chief of Staff.
The order calls for co-ordination with the country’s institutions.
It comes amid fears that renewed Iran-US hostilities could disrupt supply chains.
Egypt says it has enough essential food reserves to last six months.
- Who
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered the study, assigning it to an authority led by Gen Mohammed Abdel Rahman Rabia.
- What
- The authority is to study creating strategic reserves to help the state handle emergencies.
- When
- Late Saturday, according to a presidential statement.
- Where
- Egypt.
- Why
- To help the country counter emergency situations; the order comes amid concern that renewed regional hostilities could disrupt supply chains.
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El Sisi warned that military escalation would have disastrous consequences and urged stakeholders to seek a diplomatic solution.
Egypt announced plans to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia to defend the kingdom against attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis.
El Sisi ordered the authority to study creating strategic reserves for emergencies.
- Authority
- National Authority for the Management of Crises and Emergencies
- Authority head
- Gen Mohammed Abdel Rahman Rabia, armed forces’ Chief of Staff
- Food reserves
- Government said essential food items would last six months
- Population
- Egypt has 110 million people
- Order
- Study the creation of strategic reserves for emergency situations
What people are saying
disastrous
study the creation of strategic reserves for the state to counter emergency situations in co-ordination with the country's institutions
before it's too late