An Apache helicopter flies over Tahrir Square during a protest to support the army, in Cairo July 26, 2013. . REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke with Egyptian Defence Minister Colonel General Sedki Sobhy on Saturday to confirm the United States plans to deliver 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt to support Cairo's counter-terrorism efforts, the Pentagon said.
The United States originally announced in April that it had decided to lift its hold on the delivery of the attack helicopters to Egypt, imposed last year after the military's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi and an ensuing crackdown against protesters.
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