Egypt's army said Thursday a Kuwaiti newspaper "misinterpreted" remarks by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in which he said he would run for president, saying he would announce such a decision only to the Egyptian people.
Kuwait newspaper Al-Seyassah ran an interview with Sisi on Thursday in which he was quoted as saying he would run in the presidential election due to be held before mid-April.
"What was published by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Seyassah is nothing but journalistic interpretations that are not direct declarations from Field Marshal Sisi," army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali said in a statement.
Sisi's "decision to run or not for the presidency is a personal decision that he will announce personally before ... the Egyptian people and not anyone else, through clear and direct words" Ali added in his statement.
The Kuwaiti report came a week after the country's top military body endorsed the candidacy of Sisi, who ousted democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi in July following massive protests against the Islamist leader.
hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Egypt army says Kuwait paper 'misinterpreted' Sisi president bid