The US State Department confirmed, on Wednesday, that the administration of US President Joe Biden will work with the US Congress on military aid and arms sales to Egypt, after the head of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that he would block the aid due to human rights concerns.

"We will continue to work closely not only with the Egyptian government but also with Congress on how to use these funds, consistent with our commitment to the strategic partnership between the United States and Egypt that advances our shared vision for the region," Vedant Patel, the US State Department's alternate spokesman, said in a press conference on Wednesday. Safe and prosperous.”

Patel added, “It is a step that allows for tangible and sustainable progress on human rights issues,” noting that “US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken adheres to his decision that it is in the interest of US national security to waive some conditions related to foreign military financial assistance to Egypt in the fiscal year 2022, which is an amount.” 235 million, stressing that “We have committed to a total of $1.215 billion in foreign military financing that Egypt will receive for the fiscal year 2022. We are continuing to work to resolve these issues with Congress and our partners in Egypt, and this will remain the case; "I will not move forward with this process."

US State Department officials explained that this decision “reflects the role of Egypt, which provides a specific and ongoing contribution to US national security priorities and as a strategic partner of the United States, as it has a decisive voice and efforts to promote regional peace and security, starting with advancing a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and calming Israeli-Palestinian tensions to In addition to strengthening the ceasefire in Sudan and supporting the Libyan elections, this decision in no way diminishes the United States’ commitment to promoting human rights in Egypt and throughout the world.

US Democratic Senator Ben Cardin said on Tuesday that “the seizure of existing funds will remain in place” until Egypt makes progress on human rights issues, including pre-trial detention practices and the thousands of political prisoners detained in the country.

Senator Ben Cardin, the new chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, justified his decision to withhold the part related to the country's human rights record by the presence of "violations."

The Democratic Senator said in a statement that he informed US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, that he would not release these funds unless Cairo made “tangible progress in the field of human rights.”

Cardin stressed, "It is necessary that we continue to hold the Egyptian government and all governments accountable for their human rights violations," which means depriving Cairo of military aid worth $235 million.

He added that aid will remain withheld from Egypt "if it does not take concrete, purposeful and sustainable steps to improve the human rights situation in the country."