埃及外长证实埃及军队已在沙特阿拉伯驻扎数月：任务为防御性质、重在防空
埃及外交部长 Badr Abdelatty 11月10日接受采访时证实，埃及军队已经在沙特阿拉伯驻扎数月。这是埃及官方首次公开确认埃及部队已实际部署到沙特境内。
天空新闻阿拉伯语频道以「我们的军队已在沙特阿拉伯数月」为题报道了外长的表态。Abdelatty 在接受法国24小时电视台采访时为埃及对沙特的军事援助辩护，表示埃及议会此前已授权总统塞西向利雅得提供军事援助，这项任务是防御性质而非进攻性质。
他说，援助将重在防空能力，用于保护沙特境内的敏感设施，包括伊斯兰圣地。开罗此前一再表示，其援助意在保护沙特领土，而不是对也门发动攻击。
今年10月，埃及众议院以三分之二多数通过授权，允许塞西在沙特提出请求时采取必要措施、包括派遣部队协助沙特自卫，以应对也门胡塞武装对沙特机场与石油设施的袭击。此后埃及部队何时、如何进驻沙特一直没有官方说法，本次外长表态是部署层面的首次确认。
Abdelatty 在同一次采访中还警告，油价与食品价格上涨和全球航运受扰正在造成广泛的经济损害；他表示将在未来几天访问华盛顿，与国会两党领袖会面，并对美国对埃及的军事融资援助将会继续表示有信心。
（来源：天空新闻阿拉伯语频道）
Egypt's Foreign Minister Confirms Egyptian Troops Have Been in Saudi Arabia for Months; Mission Defensive, Focused on Air Defense
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty confirmed in an interview on Nov. 10 that Egyptian troops have been in Saudi Arabia for months — the first public confirmation by an Egyptian official that Egyptian forces have actually deployed inside the kingdom.
Sky News Arabia reported the remark under the headline "Our troops have been in Saudi Arabia for months." Speaking to France 24, Abdelatty defended Egypt's military assistance to Saudi Arabia, saying Egypt's parliament had authorized President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide military assistance to Riyadh and emphasizing that the mission is defensive rather than offensive.
He said the assistance focuses on air defense capabilities to protect sensitive Saudi facilities, including Islamic holy sites. Cairo has repeatedly said its assistance is intended to protect Saudi territory, not to launch attacks against Yemen.
In October, Egypt's House of Representatives voted by a two-thirds majority to authorize el-Sisi to take necessary measures, including sending forces, to help Saudi Arabia defend itself if Riyadh asked, in response to Houthi attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities. When and how Egyptian forces entered Saudi Arabia had not been officially addressed since; the foreign minister's remarks are the first confirmation at the deployment level.
In the same interview, Abdelatty warned that rising oil and food prices and disruptions to global shipping are inflicting widespread economic damage. He said he would visit Washington in the coming days for meetings with congressional leaders from both parties and expressed confidence that U.S. Foreign Military Financing for Egypt would continue.
(Source: Sky News Arabia)
来源：天空新闻阿拉伯语频道
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图片来源：图：埃及外交部长 Badr Abdelatty。照片：Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. Photo by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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