Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Egypt this week, and like any good guest he didn’t come empty-handed. After arriving in Cairo airport on Monday, the Russian leader cracked open a metallic case to produce an AK-47 assault rifle, which he presented to Egypt’s beaming President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
On Twitter, observers were quick to comment on the exchange between the Putin and el-Sisi:Putin also gave el-Sisi a Kalashnikov last night. El-Sisi looks like he’s meeting his newborn child. pic.twitter.com/VI5M8XoFUF— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) February 10, 2015
Putin’s present is perhaps a nod to the multibillion-dollar arms deal that Russia and Egypt …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
