After his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, US President Joe Biden met with the president of Egypt in Kingdom Saudi Arabia on Saturday , first face-to me-face A meeting between the two leaders since Biden took office in 2021.
Biden was heard thanking President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for Egypt role in stood up-fire for the war of Israel with agitation last year in Gaza Strip confession of Cairo role in The region.
“seek forward for work with You are on As a whole range of Issues,” Biden heard also Say to Sissi.
the president of Egypt who Came to me power After the mass protests and military Which brought down the divisive Muslim Brotherhood government in 2013, is facing Economic crisis due to inflation from rising Fuel and food prices hit the Arab world’s most populous nation in particular hard. about a third of 103 million Egypt people live in poverty.
although former military The strong man had the credit with Egypt’s stability economy After several years of Political turmoil, the country is among the world’s largest importers of wheat, with Many of Which of the Ukrainian ports are now blocked.
Meanwhile, Sisi government He did not hesitate to spread the brute force While thousands are imprisoned of peoplemostly religious activists, but also secular activists in Attempt to crush the opposition.
In recent months, he has had government release hundreds of The detainees went up on a so called national dialogue with various groups, but government Several high-profile detainees continue to be detained, including pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah. Egyptian security forces have been accused of Torture of detainees, including concerns Economist Ayman Hodoud was among those beaten death While in police detention this is year.
