U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Egypt on a two-day visit on Saturday to meet with the country’s first freely elected president Mohammed Morsi, who took office on June 30.
Bilateral economic issues, including U.S. aid totaling more than $1 billion a year, as well as Egypt's political transition, its peace treaty with Israel, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the Arab Spring consequences, the Syrian crisis and the situation in Egypt’s neighbor, Sudan will be high on the agenda of Clinton’s visit, Egyptian media reported.
Clinton also intends to discuss with the new Egyptian leadership the rights of women and religious minorities and to meet with the country’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and other top officials, businessmen and members of women’s organization.
Clinton will attend the opening ceremony of the U.S. consulate in Alexandria and then head for Israel.
