Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday welcomed Major General Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command in the presence of General Mohamed Zaki Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Thomas Goldberger the Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires to the US Mission in Egypt.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the Egyptian presidency Bassam Radi said that during the meeting, President Sisi stressed the importance of growing strategic relations between Egypt and the United States, particularly in military cooperation.<\/p>\n
Sisi welcomed the launching of the joint military exercise campaign \u201cBright Star 2018\u201d which will be held from September 8 to 20.<\/p>\n
The President also reviewed ongoing developments in counter-terrorism efforts.<\/p>\n
Radi added that Votel praised military relations between US and Egypt, stressing his country\u2019s keenness to continue developing US-Egypt relations on all fields.<\/p>\n
Votel said that \u201cBright Star 2018\u201d reflects the importance of military relations between the two countries, especially regarding pressing issues in the region which require concerted efforts to fight back against threats both local and global.<\/p>\n
He also praised Egypt\u2019s efforts in combating terrorism, and it\u2019s role in strengthening regional security and stability.<\/p>\n
The meeting also discussed means of enhancing US-Egypt military cooperation, as well as the latest developments in the region.<\/p>\n
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday welcomed Major General Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command in the presence of General Mohamed Zaki Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Thomas Goldberger the Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires to the US Mission in Egypt. Spokesman for the Egyptian presidency Bassam Radi said that during the meeting, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":106232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[8032,2484,42011,41347,23943,42012],"class_list":["post-106231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-al-sisi","tag-egypt","tag-joseph-votel","tag-mohamed-zaki","tag-thomas-goldberger","tag-us-mission"],"yoast_head":"\n