Question by air: what treaties are there between the Soviet Union and the Middle East during the Cold War?
during the cold war, the two super powers, US and Soviet Union, wanted to influence the middle east because of its oil reserves. our teacher want me to report on what were the existing treaties between the middle east and the soviet union during the cold war and post-cold war period.
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Answer by Tim D
Back around May 1971, the USSR and Egypt concluded a ten year mutual assistance and friendship treaty. As Sadat later explained, it didn’t mean anything new, since thousands of Soviet military men etc were already in Egypt. He just agreed to the treaty to reassure the Russians after the fall of Aly Sabry, who was most sympathetic to them. Of course, the treaty essentially fell apart with the ouster of the Russians the following year.
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