Trump due on Egypt visit to mend soured ties under Obama
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E-mail Xinhua, May 22, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he will visit Egypt soon at an invitation from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to mend soured ties under former U.S. administration, official MENA news agency reported.
"I will get to Egypt. We will absolutely be putting that on the list very soon," Trump said in a statement following his meeting with the Egyptian president in Riyadh, MENA reported.
Sisi had "done a tremendous job under trying circumstance," Trump added.
The Trump-Sisi meeting was held on the sidelines of the Arab-Islamic-U.S. summit.
The bilateral relations between Egypt and U.S. worsened during Trump's predecessor Barrack Obama's administration after the Egyptian military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Obama did not invite Sisi for a visit and even temporarily suspended U.S. aid to the Arabic country citing U.S. concerns about human rights situation in Egypt.
The ties, however, have improved under the new U.S. administration of President Trump, who pledged to support the key U.S. ally with 1.3 billion U.S. dollars annually in military aid.
Sisi paid his first official visit to the United States and met Trump at White House in Early April.
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