The UAE sent 52 percent of its total foreign aid budget to close ally Egypt in 2014, Emirati government officials said on Tuesday.
Egypt received $3.21bn in foreign aid in 2014 from UAE, according to a statement from the Emirati Minister of International Cooperation and Development, Lubna al-Qasimi.
Al-Qasimi released the statement after receiving Sahar Nasr, her Egyptian counterpart.
Al-Qasimi, who also heads the UAE’s Committee for Coordination of Humanitarian Foreign Aid, added that, between 2010 and 2014, UAE supported Egypt to the tune of $5.81bn.
The amount equalled 48.6 percent of UAE’s total foreign aid during the same period.
In her statement, al-Qasimi reiterated UAE’s support for development in Egypt, with particular attention to infrastructure projects, education, health and energy. Details