Reuters: Egypt cancels Kushner meeting with minister after denial of aid
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt called off a scheduled meeting between its foreign minister and top U.S. presidential adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday after the United States decided to withhold millions of dollars in aid.
But President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would meet the U.S. delegation led by Kushner later in the day as scheduled, Sisi's office said.
Two U.S. sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington had decided to deny Egypt $95.7 million in aid and to delay a further $195 million because of its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms.
"Egypt sees this measure as reflecting poor judgment of the strategic relationship that ties the two countries over long decades and as adopting a view that lacks an accurate understanding of the importance of supporting Egypt's stability," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Update: Egypt semi-snubs visiting Kushner as U.S. slashes aid (CBS/AP)
WNU Editor: The Egyptian President will still meet the U.S. delegation at the end of the day .... but this is still not a good sign, and it is clear that the Egyptian government is not happy with the U.S.. As for what is the purpose of this U.S. delegation in the Middle East .... apparently it is all about the peace process .... Kushner In Middle East To Try To Jump-start Stalled Peace Process (Bloomberg), a peace process that is already being panned by some .... Palestinian leader says White House peace efforts ‘in chaos’ (Times of Israel).
2 comments:
a lot of miscalculation.
1. first cut aid and then have a rep stop off to say hello?
2. send a Jewish guy or two--I am Jewish--to an Arab nation to talk peace?
3. send a guy with no diplomatic experience and who is under a cloud of of suspicion that is being looked into?
In sum: not well thought out
Do send the Jewish guy
Absolutely, send the Jewish guy.
If they cannot treat even one Jewish guy well, then the chances of peace were never there.
As a non-Jew, I see Jews as a canary to how Muslims would treat me & mine.
So for it has been an epic fail on Islam's part.
I can walk down the street and talk to classmate from high school to know how big of an epic fail it is between Muslims and any other religion or atheist group.
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