Trump to host Sisi at White House on April 9

President Donald Trump will host Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El Sisi at the White House on April 9 for talks on “building on our robust military, economic and counterterrorism cooperation” for the sake of “shared priorities in the Middle East,” the White House announced on Friday. The statement praised “Egypt’s longstanding role as a lynchpin of regional stability.”
DEBKAfile: The visit was announced while Egyptian intelligence officers were again striving to broker some sort of truce between Israel and Hamas to avert a broad Israeli military campaign for halting Palestinian terror emanating from the Gaza Strip.

 

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