The Presidency
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received US Senior Advisor for Africa and Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs Mr. Massad Boulos.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdel-Atty and Director of the General Intelligence Service Mr. Hassan Rashad. From the US side, US Ambassador to Egypt Herro Mustafa Garg and Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Africa
Joshua Harris were present.
The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said Mr. Boules conveyed the greetings of US President Donald Trump to President El-Sisi, which the President appreciated and emphasized the deep strategic relations between Egypt and the United States as well as Egypt’s keenness to strengthen them across various fields in line with the interests of both countries.
The meeting addressed the latest developments in the Middle East and ways to restore regional stability. President El-Sisi stressed the necessity of reaching an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid, appreciating the joint mediation efforts by Egypt, the United States, and Qatar, and affirming Egypt’s commitment to continuing this coordination in the coming period.
Mr. Boulos affirmed the United States’ commitment to continuing joint efforts with Egypt to restore regional calm in a way that serves the interests of all parties.
The meeting also addressed the situation in Libya and ways to restore stability. President El-Sisi reiterated Egypt’s commitment to a Libyan-Libyan solution. The President stressed that Egypt has been and remains the country most affected by Libya’s instability and the most dedicated to supporting all proposed political settlement steps and consensus on a unified government that enjoys credibility among Libyans, with political support from the House of Representatives, the High Council of State, and the Presidential Council, and whose core mission would be holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections.
The meeting also touched on the situation in Lebanon, Sudan, and Yemen. Both sides stressed the urgent need to protect stability in these countries and safeguard their resources, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
The meeting also covered developments in Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel regions, and efforts to underpin stability in those regions. This is in addition to strengthening the role of governments and state institutions to serve the interests of their people.
