Urgent.. The Minister of Defense meets with the Commander of the US Central Command

Lieutenant General Mohamed Zaki, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, met with Lieutenant General Michael Corella, Commander of the US Central Command, and his accompanying delegation, who is currently visiting Egypt, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Defense.

The meeting discussed a number of issues of common interest in light of current regional and international developments, especially in light of the current crisis in the Gaza Strip.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces stressed the distinguished relations that It links the Egyptian and American armed forces in various military fields, pointing out the importance of coordinating efforts between all active forces in the international community to reach calm and ceasefire and intensify the implementation of aid through the Rafah land crossing to alleviate the extremely difficult humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip.

While the Commander of the US Central Command praised the pivotal role played by the Egyptian state in achieving security, stability and balance in the region, as well as the efforts made towards the crisis in Gaza, stressing his country’s keenness to support strategic partnership relations. And continuous coordination between the Egyptian and American armed forces.

The meetings were attended by the American ambassador in Cairo, the American military attaché in Cairo, and a number of commanders of the Egyptian and American armed forces.