Trump on Monday was unusually tight-lipped when asked about the meeting with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, which takes place as world leaders descend on NY for the annual meeting fo the UN General Assembly.
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For her part, Clinton has made a decision to forgo the standard foreign tour as a candidate because her aides feel she doesn’t need to burnish her foreign policy credentials.
If elected, Clinton is not expected to make drastic changes in US policy toward Egypt. Trump, however, has voiced admiration for a range of authoritarian leaders, hailing Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader and praising former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as an effective killer of “terrorists”.
She said Trump’s comments had been “seized on by the terrorists” as a recruiting tool.
“Trump pushed back, arguing the United States was less safe as a result of Obama and Clinton’s policies”, the report said.
Trump´s meeting with Sisi – the first time the Republican presidential candidate has met a leader from the Muslim world – appeared to be a response to his opponent´s program.
Clinton’s campaign says they discussed counterterrorism efforts, economic development and human rights, and Clinton asked the Egyptian leader to release American citizen Aya Hijazi, who has been imprisoned since 2014.
El-Sisi said that the U.S. already has in place “very strict security measures” for visitors.
Ukrainian officials say that Trump has also been invited for a meeting with Poroshenko. Clinton added that she was “anxious to know how we can be supportive of those efforts”.
Trump, Clinton compete to meet top leaders in NY was posted in World of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on September 20, 2016 and was last updated on September 20, 2016. He expressed great respect for Egypt’s history and the important leadership role it has played in the Middle East.
Sisi assumed power following a coup against the elected Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt in 2013.
The initial probe into foreign funding had been launched amid a crackdown against civil society groups following the 18-day uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak in early 2011 and left the military in charge.
Trump has been notorious for his hostile stance towards the Islamic world, which casts doubt on his statements to Al-Sisi. Koura thinks many Egyptians are afraid a Clinton White House would support more destabilizing revolutions. The meeting will likely highlight Clinton’s commitment to United States alliances in Japan and South Korea and the USA belief that it is up to China to do more to convince its ally in Pyongyang to turn away from its nuclear path.
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The presidential hopeful also “raised concerns about the prosecution of Egyptian human rights organisations and activists” in Egypt, amid growing United States criticism of Egypt’s human rights record.
