President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Tuesday with the British parliament’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt led by Member of the House of Commons Sir Gerald Howarth, according to a statement from Ittihadiya. The meeting with El Sisi appears to have been aimed at beginning the work necessary to deepen bilateral ties in the wake of the UK’s referendum vote to leave the European Union, as well as to “present the reality” of developments in Egypt, according to the statement. Specifically, the meeting addressed “Britain’s travel ban on Sharm El Sheikh and measures Egypt is taking in cooperation with British authorities to lift it,” as well as how to reach political solutions to preserve the territorial integrity of countries in the region, which appears to be a veiled reference to Syria and possibly Libya.

The delegation also met with Egypt’s House of Representatives, with several Egyptian Representatives issuing a number of interesting statements on behalf of the UK delegation. Tarek El Khouli, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the British delegation agreed with Egypt’s assessment that the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization, “despite a British report last December that described the Muslim Brotherhood as possible extremists,” according to El Khouli, Ahram Online reported. Another member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Karim Darwish, said that Sir Gerald Howarth, head of the delegation, reportedly said “three presidents have pushed their countries into destruction and disrupted the internal cohesion of their countries; Hitler in Germany, Pinochet in Chile and Morsi in Egypt.”