Egypt
HThe Soviet Union had close relations with Egypt, the largest of the Arab states, in the 1950s and 1960s.
–It supported Egypt when it nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956.
–It helped Egypt build the Aswan High Dam
–The USSR backed Egypt in the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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HIn 1971 the two countries signed a 15-year treaty of friendship. The following year Egypt, concerned with interference in its internal affairs, ordered Soviet military advisers to leave.
HSoviet criticism of President Anwar al-Sadat’s peacemaking visit to Jerusalem in 1977 further alienated the USSR and Egypt.