Trump calls Egypt’s Sisi to
affirm support
Published August 25, 2017
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US President Donald Trump has told his
Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al -Sisi
that he wants to strengthen ties with Cairo ,
Sisi’ s office said Friday , days after it
emerged Washington had cut some aid to
Egypt .
Egypt had protested on Wednesday a US
decision to withhold some military and
financial aid over human rights concerns .
In a phone call with Sisi , Trump “ affirmed
the strength of friendship between Egypt
and the United States , ” the presidency said
in a statement .
The US president said he was keen to
continue “ developing relations between the
two countries and surpassing any obstacles
that might affect them , ” according to the
statement.
Trump’ s arrival in office in January has
seen an improvement in US relations with
Egypt , in contrast to his predecessor Barack
Obama who took a harder line on human
rights issues in the North African country .
Obama temporarily suspended military aid
to Egypt after the July 2013 overthrow of
Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and the
subsequent bloody crackdown on Morsi ’ s
supporters.
Sisi in May approved a law which critics
say will severely restrict the work of non -
governmental organisations.
AFP
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