白宮否認美國中止對埃及的援助的報告

The White House on Tuesday denied the US media report that the Obama administration has decided to suspend aid to Egypt.

"The reports that we are halting all military assistance to Egypt are false," said the White House National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden in a statement on Tuesday evening.

"We will announce the future of our assistance relationship with Egypt in the coming days, but as the president made clear at UNGA (the UN General Assembly), that assistance relationship will continue," said Hayden.

CNN reported earlier on Tuesday that the Obama administration has planned to cut off military aid to Egypt, which costs about 1.3 billion billions annually.

The network cited a US official who requested anonymity as saying "an accumulation of events" in Egypt, including recent violence against protesters with dozens killed over the weekend, has prompted the decision of the full suspension of foreign aid to the country.

The official told CNN the suspension will formally take effect in the coming days.

CNN also reported that the United States has not yet notified the Egyptians of the decision and the announcement has already been pushed back a few times.

簡明釋義：周二，白宮否認美國媒體“奧巴馬政府已決定暫停對埃及的援助”的報道。白宮國傢安全委員會發言人凱特琳海在周二晚間一份聲明中說： “我們停止所有軍事援助埃及的報告是假的， ” 。