From Al Masry Al Youm: Official declines to comment on reports of canceled Egyptian-US meeting

Washington, DC —The military attache at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington DC has declined to comment on news reports saying that an Egyptian military delegation surprisingly cancelled its meeting with US Congress, State Department and Pentagon officials on Monday.



“We held meetings with some Congress members and apologized for not convening with the rest. We cannot meet with all Senate and House members,” General Mohamed al-Keshky told Al-Masry Al-Youm.



The meetings were cancelled after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental organizations and recent referral of 19 American NGO workers to criminal court could threaten US military aid to Egypt. The US is slated to provide the Egyptian military with US$1.3 billion in aid.




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