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(Defense Secretary Mark Esper)
The United States' and Egypt's strategic

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relationship is a top priority for this

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administration and for this department.

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I look forward to continuing our

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militaries' close partnership across a

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wide range of issues.   
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I especially welcome your insights today on how we

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can expand our counterterrorism

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cooperation, and more broadly, I look

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forward to hearing your views on

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regional security, including 

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Libya and Iran. 

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(Gen. Mohamed Zaki through interpreter)
Undoubtedly, there are nearly giant requirements and priorities

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for the clients of the two countries in

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order to get rid of the terrorist

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networks, and including the Mafia of

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organized crime in the Middle East, which

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has become a threat to the security and

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stability of our communities. This is in

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addition to handling the difficulties

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and complexities of the main issues that

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mainly guarantee and ensure the

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realization of our goals for peaceful

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coexistence and between all communities

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and the region.