WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2017 — Defense Secretary James N. Mattis
met Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo today, Pentagon chief
spokesperson Dana W. White said in a readout following the meeting.
Mattis offered his condolences for the recent terrorist
attack on a mosque in Bir al Abed, Egypt, she said.
The defense secretary recognized Egypt as a strategic
defense partner for the United States, Egypt’s importance to the stability of
the Middle East, as well as Egypt's ongoing fight to counter terrorism and
protect Egypt's borders, White said.
The two leaders discussed a range of Middle East security
issues and expressed their desire to cooperate on counterterrorism and regional
challenges, she said. They also recognized defense cooperation as the backbone
of the U.S.-Egyptian bilateral relationship, White said, and expressed a mutual
desire to deepen their countries' defense partnership moving forward.
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