Secret U.S. State Department documents leaked by WikiLeaks have revealed that after the dissolution of the Soviet bloc a number of countries offered Egypt nuclear weapons, but President Hosni Mubarak had refused the offer.
According to a report in The Guardian, the Egyptian ambassador to the UN revealed the story to the Deputy U.S. foreign minister in charge of nuclear negotiations, in order to prove that Egypt is serious in its intent to clear the region of nuclear weapons.
According to a report in The Guardian, the Egyptian ambassador to the UN revealed the story to the Deputy U.S. foreign minister in charge of nuclear negotiations, in order to prove that Egypt is serious in its intent to clear the region of nuclear weapons.