US pressing Egypt to adopt more moderate policies

By Lara Jakes

Published June 22, 2014 1:35pm ET

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US pressing Egypt to adopt more moderate policies — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry speak to journalists before a meeting at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, June 22, 2014. Kerry arrived Sunday in the Egyptian capital to meet with Egyptian officials including President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the highest-level American outreach since he took office. The United States is moving forward with attempts to thaw relations with Egypt that have cooled over concerns that the government in Cairo has conducted sham trials, imprisoned journalists and issued a violent crackdown on its political enemies. (AP Photo/Brendan Smalowski, Pool) | BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday made the highest-level American visit to Egypt since President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi took office as Washington presses the former army chief to adopt more moderate policies.

Economic and security problems are undermining Egypt’s stability, and Kerry’s visit signals an attempt by the Obama administration to thaw a relationship with a longtime Mideast ally that has cooled in recent years during the country’s political turmoil.

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