Egypt Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Eisi meets CIA director Chief John Brennan. April 20, 2015. Photo Credit: Egyptian President's office
Al Bawaba: Sisi meets with CIA head to discuss security, regional affairs
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met Sunday with the US director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan in Cairo, discussing topics of interest including combating extremism.
El-Sisi and Brennan praised the strategic and military relationships between Egypt and the US, expressing their hopes that this relationship be expanded into other aspects as well, state news agency MENA reported.
Brennan affirmed Egypt’s regional and international role, expressing the US’s interest in knowing Egypt’s views regarding current regional affairs and ways to settle Middle East crises.
During the meeting, el-Sisi underlined that Egypt’s army is exerting all its efforts to combat militants in North Sinai.
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WNU Editor: What I find interesting about this meeting is not what was made public on what was discussed .... it is what was not mentioned in the public statements. In this case .... no mention of the Iran deal and the lifting of sanctions.
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WNU Editor,
It's "best" for Egypt to keep any discussions of the 5+1 quiet.
Egypt is reliant on US Military and Economic aid, (#2 recipient after Israel),
And dependent on Saudi "charity", enough to send a token commitment in the form of some ships to add to the blockaide of Yemen, but no aircraft or the ground forces Saudi Arabia demanded.
The Sisi Military Government has a much different view than the Saudi's on Militant Islamicism, what with the mess of Lybia next door and occasionally spilling over, the coup against the Muslim Brotherhood, and the insurrection in the Sinai.
They are in the process of normalizing relations with Iran.
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