Sisi's camp denies alleged threat to invade Algeria
Reports in Algerian media that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had threatened to invade the country have been quickly denied by the Egyptian presidential candidate's camp.
The statements, allegedly shared during a meeting between Sisi and faculty members of Egyptian universities. were shared through Algerian media platforms on Wednesday.
According to the alleged statements, former army chief Sisi said: "The Egyptian army is strong. I can enter Algeria in three days".
In a press release to CNN, Sisi’s presidential campaign group denied the accuracy of the statements.
“The accounts linked to Sisi against the Algerian people are untrue and have been wrongly interpreted,” it said in a statement.
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IThe campaign group said that Sisi had actually said, “The Egyptian army is always ready to support any Arab country in its fight against terrorism and extremism.”
The group also added that the presidential candidate highly valued the Algerian people, and that their honourable role during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war can never be forgotten.
Al-Hadath also said that Sada al-Balad, an Egyptian news network had published the alleged statements on their website but quickly retracted them.
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