Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not travel to Washington for talks at the White House as long as the agenda includes U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza, two Egyptian security sources.
Trump has infuriated the Arab world with a plan to permanently displace the population of more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, claim U.S. control of it and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
He has demanded Egypt and Jordan take in the Palestinians.
Sisi and King Abdullah spoke on the phone on Wednesday and urged that Gaza should be rebuilt without displacing Palestinians, the Egyptian presidency said.
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Egypt's close cooperation with the United States has been a bedrock of Washington's Middle East policy for decades. Since a U.S.-brokered peace treaty between Israel and Egypt more than four decades ago, Egypt has consistently been one of the biggest recipients of U.S. military aid, alongside Israel.
Trump has infuriated the Arab world with a plan to permanently displace the population of more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, claim U.S. control of it and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
He has demanded Egypt and Jordan take in the Palestinians.
Sisi and King Abdullah spoke on the phone on Wednesday and urged that Gaza should be rebuilt without displacing Palestinians, the Egyptian presidency said.
MILITARY AID
Egypt's close cooperation with the United States has been a bedrock of Washington's Middle East policy for decades. Since a U.S.-brokered peace treaty between Israel and Egypt more than four decades ago, Egypt has consistently been one of the biggest recipients of U.S. military aid, alongside Israel.
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