Authorities in Egypt are pulling out all the stops to ensure that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to NY for the U.N. General Assembly is a diplomatic success despite growing criticism of the country’s human rights record under his rule.
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Mr. Trump expressed to President el-Sisi his strong support for Egypt’s war on terrorism, and how under a Trump Administration, the United States of America will be a loyal friend, not simply an ally, that Egypt can count on in the days and years ahead. It won the majority of parliamentary votes in the 2012 election that followed the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak at the height of the Arab Spring, but failed to keep support among the public after issuing authoritarian decrees and failing to institute reforms.
With Mubarak and his successor, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, out of the picture, Clinton and Trump must outline their proposed diplomatic relationship with Sisi, a leader President Obama was essentially forced to grudgingly accept after a rough beginning to their relationship, due to concerns over ISIS and the disintegration of Libya.
According to Nafaa, this is the result of a strain in formal diplomatic relations between the USA and Egypt.
Police also sought to arrest NGO staff members at the time, forcing 13 foreigners including six Americans to take refuge at the U.S. embassy in Cairo until the Egyptian authorities relented and allowed them to leave Egypt. This news story is related to Latest/151265-Trump-Clinton-compete-to-meet-top-leaders-in-New-York/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
The Democratic presidential nominee spoke to reporters Monday after a weekend in which bombs exploded in Manhattan and New Jersey, and nine people were stabbed a mall in Minnesota.
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Donald Trump has apparently taken Hillary Clinton’s bait.
Currently, the Obama administration has offered logistical help to Ukraine’s armed forces but has fallen short of lethal assistance as some Republicans have championed. Putin, who Trump has spoken of favorably in the recent past, is not expected to attend this year’s General Assembly. “Then that vision or point of view gets corrected and develops as a result of experience, reports and advice from experts”, Sisi said.
Kaine said Trump had taken the country back to “the most painful chapter” in the country’s history, and compared Trump’s birther position to the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous pro-slavery 1857 Dred Scott decision.
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“The increased pressure on independent Egyptian civil society, in particular human rights organisations and defenders, is not in line with Egypt’s commitments to promote and respect human rights and fundamental freedoms as guaranteed by its Constitution”, the EEAS said. CNN reported she was also scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
