Soviet and Egyptian officials

Soviet government threatens intervention during the Suez Crisis

📅 5 November 1956

As Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt after Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, the Soviet Union threatened military action and called for a halt. The episode let Moscow present...

Soviet Union and Egypt sign a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation

📅 27 May 1971

The treaty formalized political and military cooperation between the Soviet Union and Egypt under Anwar Sadat. Cairo pursued its own regional and postcolonial agenda; the relationship was strategic...