“We offer and are ready to help Egypt and will seek to support any specific requests we receive. We continue to monitor and assess the situation, but we have nothing to provide about any potential specific support at this time.”
CNN first reported on the Navy ‘s involvement in the Suez situation.
The White House on Friday also confirmed that it had offered Egypt help to remove the ship and get traffic flowing again.
“As part of our active diplomatic dialogue with Egypt, we offer US assistance to Egyptian authorities to help reopen the channel,” White House spokesman Jen Psaki told a news conference. “We are consulting with our Egyptian partners on how we can best support their efforts. So these talks are underway and, hopefully, we’ll have more to say about it soon. “