Dubai – Masaader News
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi opened on Wednesday the largest military base in the Red, Berenice military base, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended the opening of the base.
Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, wrote on his Twitter account: “I was happy to accompany the Egyptian President during the opening of the Berenice military base and civilian airport. Such achievements reflect Egypt’s vision of all-round development and enhance its role in regional stability. We wish it more progress and prosperity.”
Located on the Red Sea coast near the country’s southern frontier, the advanced Barnis base is aimed at “securing the country’s southern coasts, protecting economic investments and natural resources and facing security threats in the Red Sea,” spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.
The base, home to land, air and naval forces, is also designed to secure global navigation extending from the Red Sea to the Suez Canal and associated economic areas, the statement continued.
The 155-acre base houses naval and air bases, a military hospital and a number of combat and administrative units as well as shooting and training fields for all kind of weapons. It also includes an international airport, a seawater desalination plant and container storage yards.
“The Barnis base was established in a record time within a few months to be one of the Egyptian military fortresses on the strategic south with a striking military force striking in the land, sea and air to tackle regional and international developments, which strengthens the global classification of the Egyptian Armed Forces among world armies,” the statement added.