The statement mentioned that Egypt has confirmed for the first time earlier speculations about the presence of its soldiers in Saudi Arabia, where they had supposedly been for several months. According to Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, they were protecting strategic sites from attacks by Yemeni Houthis, and their deployment had exclusively defensive purposes. #Egypt #SaúdskáArabie #vojenskáTaktika #EG #SA #YE (translated)