The US State Department approved the sale of $ 1 billion Apache helicopters to Egypt

This was reported in the US Agency for Cooperation in the field of defense and security.

"The State Department has decided to approve a possible external military sale to Egypt of ten attack helicopters AH-64E Apache at an estimated cost of $ 1 billion," the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

In addition, the US will sell to Egypt and ammunition in the amount of $ 201 million. It is noted that a possible deal will not affect the military balance in the region.

In June, the US State Department approved a deal to sell Spain five AEGIS missile defense systems.