Report: Trump's Demand for Free Suez Canal Passage - 'Price Egypt Must Pay'

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A senior diplomatic source in Cairo addressed statements by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said 'the U.S. should be granted free passage through the Suez Canal,' claiming these remarks were made during Trump's meeting with Egyptian President el-Sisi earlier this month, according to the Qatari newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. According to the source, Trump's assertion was that free passage for an agreed period is 'the price Egypt needs to pay' in exchange for U.S. strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
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