From Egypt’s Sissi won’t visit White House if Gaza relocation plan on agenda, sources say
Left: US President Donald Trump at Trump National Doral Miami, January 27, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP); Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League joint extraordinary leaders summit in Riyadh, November 11, 2024. (SPA / AFP)
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi will not travel to Washington for talks at the White House if the agenda includes US President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza, two Egyptian security sources say.
In a call between Trump and Sissi on February 1, the US president extended an open invitation to his Egyptian counterpart to visit the White House, the Egyptian presidency previously said. No date has been set for a visit, a US official said.
The Egyptian presidency and foreign ministry do not immediately respond to requests for comment.
