U.S. - Egypt Military Ties Are Being Re-Established

Marine Corps jets flew over the pyramids of Egypt during a military exercise in 1999. Credit Staff Sgt. Jim Varhegyi/United States Air Force

New York Times: General Says U.S. Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt

CAIRO — The top commander of American military operations in the Middle East said during a visit here on Sunday that the United States wanted to resume a major military exercise with Egypt that President Barack Obama had canceled in 2013 to protest the killings of hundreds of civilian protesters.

“It is my goal to get that exercise back on track and try to re-establish that as another key part of our military relationship,” Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the head of the United States Central Command, told an Egyptian television interviewer.

General Votel’s comments were made shortly after he met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top Egyptian military and Defense Ministry officials. It also comes amid a general warming of relations between Mr. Sisi and President Trump, who has hailed the Egyptian president as a “fantastic guy.”

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Update: US Seeks to Resume Major Military Exercises With Egypt - US Central Command Head (Sputnik)

WNU editor: Egypt needs more than just a few military exercises with the U.S. to solve its problems .... Egypt Desperately Needs a Friend Right Now (Foreign Policy)