Monday, January 23, 2017

U.S. President Trump Speaks With Egyptian President Sisi

Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in New York, Sept. 19, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)

The Hill: Egypt's leader, Trump speak

President Trump spoke by phone Monday morning with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to the White House.

The phone call is among Trump’s first to a foreign leader as president.

It comes after a weekend conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The talks come as Trump is considering whether to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Such a move would please several American Jewish groups, but it could provoke Egypt and other Arab allies of the U.S.

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More News On Today's Phone Cnversation Between U.S. President Trump Speaks And Egyptian President Sisi

Trump, Sisi discuss fighting terrorism in phone call -- Reuters
Donald Trump Speaks With Egyptian President Sisi -- WSJ
Trump committed to Egypt military assistance: White House -- AFP
US committed to its military aid to Egypt, Trump tells Sisi -- Ahram Online
Trump, Egypt’s Al-Sisi Discuss Ways to Fight Terrorism, Deepen Relationship -- Sputnik

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