consider Massad Boulos Senior Advisor to the US President for Arab and African Affairs: The distinguished relations between the United States and Egypt under the leadership of Presidents Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Donald Trump are strong and solid relations that extend beyond the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.
This came in response to a question from the Middle East News Agency following his discussions with Dr. Badr Abdel Aty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Egyptians Abroad, about the great momentum recently observed in Egyptian-American relations, and the recent summit of the two presidents that reflected the peculiarity that Trump and his administration see of Egypt’s role within the framework of the new world order.
Egyptian-American relations
Massad Boulos added that with regard to the bilateral relationship with Egypt, President Trump expressed this relationship very clearly this week, as it is a very special relationship and a strong and solid partnership. He said that President Trump also touched on the relationship that connects him on a personal level with President Sisi, which is an old and distinguished relationship and is characterized by friendliness and respect in a very distinctive way.
He explained that during the last nine months, three bilateral summit meetings took place between Presidents Trump and Sisi, the first of which was last October in Sharm El-Sheikh, the second was last January, and the third was a few days ago, indicating that President Trump did not hold this number of multiple meetings except with a very limited number of leaders, and this is an important indicator in addition to a large number of meetings between the foreign ministers and senior officials of the two countries.
In response to a question from “ASH” about the indications of important upcoming steps in the Libyan file, Massad Boulos said that there is cautious optimism, but in any case it is optimism because for the first time we see the two parties in the East and West meeting on a number of points and topics, and we saw this matter being translated clearly on the ground, whether with regard to the military aspect, as we saw two months ago the joint military maneuvers, and we also saw in the financial and economic issue as well, the national unified budget for the first time in more than 13 years, in addition to a number of other steps that they took in Libya. They are heading, God willing, with more solid and solid steps that will enable them to reach the unification of the Libyan institutions, the unification of Libya, and the unification of the Libyan people, who have suffered a lot, especially during the last 15 years or so, and the time has come for them to enjoy a kind of comfort, and a kind of recovery that they deserve.
Absolutely excellent relationship
In the same context, Massad Boulos explained – in statements to diplomatic editors following his discussions with Minister Abdel-Aty – that we enjoy a very excellent relationship with Minister Abdel-Aty, indicating that the meeting was fruitful as usual.
He thanked President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for the strong, solid partnership that is moving forward, referring to the summit meeting held between Presidents El-Sisi and Trump in France on the sidelines of the G7 summit, during which he touched on a number of regional issues and topics of common interest.
He added that today we touched on a number of regional issues, the most important of which today is the issue of Iran, noting that, as we see, the negotiations began today in a positive way. He added that we all hope that we will soon reach the desired solutions.
Sudan and Libya
He pointed out that the issue of Libya and the issue were also discussed Sudan And other regional matters, saying that, as we know, President Trump spoke about the Nile issue very clearly during his bilateral meeting with President Sisi.
He explained that the United States realizes that this issue is extremely important to our Egyptian brothers and brothers in the region as a whole.
He said that, with instructions and directives from President Trump, we are working on this issue, expressing hope that we will be able to reach a satisfactory solution.
And whether there is any step that the United States is proposing or has begun to implement regarding the issue of the Ethiopian dam, which constitutes a major problem as it is illegal until this moment, and is there a plan that you are submitting?… Massad Boulos said that he will not add to what President Trump previously mentioned in this regard, as it was very clear. We are working within the framework of this ceiling that President Trump expressed without going into details.
