Pak Sahafat news agency/ US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to Egypt on Thursday with White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGregor to discuss Palestinian and Libyan issues with Egyptian officials.
According to the White House, US and Egyptian delegations will discuss supporting Libyan elections and regional security, including in the Horn of Africa.
The White House statement said: Sullivan will discuss Egypt’s role in promoting security and prosperity for Palestinians and Israelis following Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit to Egypt earlier this month.
Sullivan October 13 Hosts Israeli counterpart
According to a White House statement, the US National Security Adviser will host Israeli National Security Adviser Eilat Holata in Washington on October 5 (October 13) to discuss these and other issues and the US-Israel Strategic Advisory Group meeting.
According to Axius, US relations with Egypt have been strained, especially after the US State Department blocked $ 130 million in annual military aid to Egypt for human rights abuses by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. On the other hand, the United States is working with Egypt to prevent another conflict between Hamas and the Zionist regime.
The Egyptians are also seeking US support in their dispute with Ethiopia over the Great Barrier Reef in Ethiopia. Egypt sees the project as a threat to its water supply.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, and the two sides discussed Yemen.
Sullivan traveled to the Middle East with Tim Landerking, the US special envoy for Yemen, and Brett McGregor, the Middle East envoy to President Joe Biden.
The US National Security Adviser met on Tuesday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Defense Secretary Khalid bin Salman, Interior Minister Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Nayef and Saudi National Guard Minister Abdullah bin Bandar.
This is Sullivan’s first trip to the Middle East as a White House national security adviser, and he will be the highest-ranking government official to travel to Saudi Arabia.
After Saudi Arabia, Sullivan will travel to the United Arab Emirates, where, unlike the other two countries, relations between the UAE and the United States have reached Joe Biden without much tension from Donald Trump.
According to Axius, the Biden administration has supported the normalization of relations between the UAE and the Zionist regime and has agreed to the signing of a controversial agreement to sell fighter jets to the UAE signed by the Trump administration. Iran is likely to be the main topic of Sullivan’s visit to the UAE.
The United States wants to reduce its focus on the Middle East, and all three countries, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, are concerned about continued US engagement with the Middle East after its withdrawal from Afghanistan.