White House Confirms Egyptian President to Visit Next Week
The US government has confirmed that Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, will visit the White House next week, with the official visit scheduled for Monday, the 3rd of April.
White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, released a statement on Wednesday, confirming al-Sisi’s visit to the United States and his impending meeting with newly elected US president, Donald Trump.
News of al-Sisi’s impending visit to the US broke last week.
According to Spice, Donald Trump is looking forward to meeting al-Sisi. The two leaders have met before, when Trump was still running for presidency as the Republican party nominee in September of last year.
The two had ‘great’ meeting the first time around, and had only good things to say about each other.
According to Spicer, al-Sisi and Trump’s meeting will focus on bilateral as well as regional issues, and will included conversations on how to defeat terrorist group, ISIS.
“They will discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues, including how to defeat ISIS and pursue peace and stability in the region,” he said in a statement.
He continued, saying that the meeting will only strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
This is the first time in years that the Egyptian president will make an official visit to the US.
Under the Obama administration, al-Sisi was given somewhat of a cold shoulder, amid human rights concerns the White House had with Egypt.
