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| Egypt cancels Jared Kushner meeting after US withdraws aid | Egypt cancels Jared Kushner meeting after US withdraws aid |
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| Foreign minister had been due to meet US delegation led by Trump’s adviser and son-in-law in Cairo to discuss Middle East | |
| Reuters in Cairo | |
| Wed 23 Aug 2017 11.20 BST | |
| Last modified on Wed 23 Aug 2017 11.26 BST | |
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| Egypt has called off a scheduled meeting between its foreign minister and top US presidential adviser Jared Kushner after the US decided to withhold millions of dollars in aid. | Egypt has called off a scheduled meeting between its foreign minister and top US presidential adviser Jared Kushner after the US decided to withhold millions of dollars in aid. |
| However, the office of the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said he would meet the US delegation led by Kushner later in the day. | However, the office of the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said he would meet the US delegation led by Kushner later in the day. |
| Two US sources told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington had decided to deny Egypt $96m (£75m) in aid and to delay a further $195m because of its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms. | Two US sources told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington had decided to deny Egypt $96m (£75m) in aid and to delay a further $195m because of its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms. |
| “Egypt sees this measure as reflecting poor judgment of the strategic relationship that ties the two countries over long decades and as adopting a view that lacks an accurate understanding of the importance of supporting Egypt’s stability,” the foreign ministry said. | “Egypt sees this measure as reflecting poor judgment of the strategic relationship that ties the two countries over long decades and as adopting a view that lacks an accurate understanding of the importance of supporting Egypt’s stability,” the foreign ministry said. |
| The decision could have “negative implications” on achieving common goals and interests between the two countries, it added. | The decision could have “negative implications” on achieving common goals and interests between the two countries, it added. |
| The foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, had been scheduled to meet the US delegation led by Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a close adviser, in Cairo to discuss the Middle East. | The foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, had been scheduled to meet the US delegation led by Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a close adviser, in Cairo to discuss the Middle East. |
| The meeting was cancelled immediately after the ministry released its statement, a copy of Shoukry’s schedule sent out to journalists showed. | The meeting was cancelled immediately after the ministry released its statement, a copy of Shoukry’s schedule sent out to journalists showed. |
| A foreign ministry official told Reuters the meeting had been cancelled but did not give a reason. A US embassy official in Cairo said Kushner’s meeting with Shoukry had never been set in stone because “the schedule was never fixed”. | A foreign ministry official told Reuters the meeting had been cancelled but did not give a reason. A US embassy official in Cairo said Kushner’s meeting with Shoukry had never been set in stone because “the schedule was never fixed”. |
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