President Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Washington next week, the White House announced Tuesday.
The visit between the two leaders will be used “to build on the positive momentum they have built for the United States-Egypt relationship,” press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.
They will participate in a bilateral meeting at the White House, during which they are expected to discuss regional issues in the Middle East and their efforts to defeat the Islamic State terror group.
The Egyptian President first met Trump at the United Nations General Assembly last September, at which time he said the Republican presidential candidate would make a strong leader “without a doubt.”
He was never invited to the White House by former President Obama.
