CAIRO: US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Egypt’s leaders to allow greater political freedoms on Sunday (Monday in Manila), as Washington unlocked some $572 million in military aid for Cairo and hurried the dispatch of 10 Apache helicopters.
Kerry became the highest-ranking US official to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he came to power earlier this month, amid Egypt’s rocky transition to democracy since the ousting of long-time leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
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