Trump Praises Cairo's Anti-Terror Work At Meeting With Sisi, Pledges Cooperation
Umer Jamshaid Published September 25, 2018 | 09:42 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 25th September, 2018) US President Donald Trump commended Cairo's "outstanding" efforts in fighting terrorism at a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Abdul Fattah Sisi on Monday, pledging to actively cooperate with the country on the issue.
"I want to congratulate you on doing an outstanding job with respect to terrorism. I know you're working very hard on that. It's not easy. And you're at the forefront. But you've done an outstanding job, and I just want to congratulate you. Thank you very much," Trump said, as quoted in a White House statement.
He also expressed commitment to cooperate with Cairo on the issue, putting an emphasis on the United States' fight against the Islamic State terror group (IS, outlawed in Russia).
"We've done very well. If you look at various parts of the middle East, you look at Syria, we've wiped out ISIS [IS, the Islamic State terror group, outlawed in Russia].
We're in the very final throes. But you have really been outstanding. And we will work with you, and we will go all the way," Trump stressed.
Sisi, in turn, expressed hope for the US support in eliminating the terrorist threat.
"With your support, Mr. President, we'll be able attain this objective. We will be able to eliminate the terrorism. And this has been your obligation that you made very clear during your presidential campaign that you are going to eliminate terrorism all over," Sisi was quoted as saying.
Terrorism has been an acute issue for Egypt since militants from the country's Sinai Peninsula, who have carried out a number of deadly attacks, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia) in 2014.
On February 9, the Egyptian military and police launched a counterterrorism campaign, dubbed Sinai 2018, against Islamist militants in the region.
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