Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed his country’s interest in boosting cooperation with the US in various fields, namely on the security and intelligence levels in light of the growing threat of terrorism and extremism.
He made his remarks during a meeting with the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency William Burns, in Cairo on Sunday.
Developments in Afghanistan and the Palestinian cause, the dispute caused by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), and the crisis in Libya were tackled during the meeting, according to spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Rady.
Burns expressed his country’s pride in the constructive cooperation and inextricable relations with Egypt, Rady added.
He stressed Washington’s keenness on the continued coordination with Egypt regarding various challenges, especially in light of developments in the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean and Africa.
Separately, Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty ordered the continuation of work on the national project to rehabilitate canals and transform them into modern irrigation projects.
The minister said the modern irrigation project aims to shift 3.7 million feddans of lands to modern irrigation over three years.
So far, up to 393,000 feddans have adopted the new system.
