Egypt's army has said that a Kuwaiti newspaper "misinterpreted" remarks by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in which he said he would seek the presidency, saying he would only announce such a decision to the Egyptian people.

Kuwait newspaperáAl-Seyassaháran 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 put forward his candidacy or not is a personal decision which he himself will take before the great Egyptian people, no one else, in clear direct words which will not be open to doubt or interpretation," Ali added in his statement.

Earlier on Thursday,áAl-Seyassahánewspaperápublished an interview with Egypt's defence minister, quoting him asásaying he would run in the presidential elections, due to take place by mid-April.

"The decision has been made, and I have to succumb to the people's demand of running for the republic's presidency," the paper quoted Sisi as saying.

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