Announcing arms deals is with the consent of the seller and buyer, and most Chinese weapons only appear in war inspections. Egypt has not announced any arms deal with China except for the K-8E tender since 1999. You are ignoring the nature of contracts between Egypt and China. I do not benefit from signing arms deals between Egypt and China. The matters are related to negotiations and numerous visits that have taken place since 2022 between Egypt and China. Most of the eastern arms deals are happening without announcement, and even some contracts with France and Italy are not announced. I am in Egypt, monitoring the visits that take place and what results from them. Things in Egypt are according to armament plans and military councils. There are indicators that China is accelerating in improving the capabilities of the J-10 aircraft, although its military demands for the aircraft are almost complete. Adding new ammunition, weapons packages, and testing other engines with higher capabilities is not related to Chinese demands, but to the demands of international customers. There are also significant indicators of growing relations between Egypt and China. More than 6 Chinese car brands have moved to production in Egypt. The Nasr City market has an initial production volume of 250,000 cars, in addition to the production of 6 million home appliances in the same year, Nasr and more than 5 mobile phones and investments in the iron and steel, clothing and chemical industries from China. The volume of Chinese investments in Egypt has grown in 4 months by an increase of about 8 billion dollars, not only because of the American and European protectionist measures on Chinese industry and exports. China has placed Egypt among 5 countries that produce within it for export, not only economic relations, but within a broader and larger cooperation program. The most important point, as we explained previously, is that Egypt has military forces and is heading towards the best according to its needs. The fact that the reports that announced that Nasr rejected Western and Russian fighters and headed to China are not all press reports or amateurs as you think. What makes Egypt head towards the company is the company's ability to produce aircraft faster than the West, thus meeting Egyptian demands at the appropriate times for Egypt. The fact that fighters have not arrived in Egypt so far is a simple matter. Egypt has requested updates and modifications to the aircraft, which makes there a volume of updates carried out by the Chinese side according to Egyptian demands, so Egypt will not hide the aircraft Rather, it is only announced at appropriate times for it and also after the arrival of the aircraft. However, if the matter is related to a personal opinion, I would have preferred that Egypt request an additional batch of MIG-35 fighters, but the Russians failed to develop the radars at the appropriate time for Egypt, so the Russian aircraft will not be ready until after 2027 with a radar with the required detection range and other modifications. Therefore, Egypt’s direction towards China is not so much the result of preference, but rather of China’s readiness and ability to develop Egyptian demands more quickly.
