President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with a bipartisan delegation from the US Congress led by chair of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats (and proven friend of Egypt) Dana Rohrabacher, according to a US embassy statement. Head over to Al Shorouk for a pickup of the official post-meeting statement.

The congressmen also met with Defense Minister Sedky Sobhy to discuss regional security concerns, the ministry said in a statement. Rohrabacher, leader of the “Friends of Egypt Caucus,” had also met with Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry. Rohrabacher had presented H. Res 113 last Thursday that expresses the sense that the House of Representatives that the United States should continue to authorize cash flow financing to Egypt and expand other areas of cooperation. The resolution most importantly calls for the restoration of cash flow financing in the military aid the US grants Egypt.

Separately, Sisi met with Kuwait’s parliamentary speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim to discuss increasing Arab cooperation to solve regional issues, and ways to increase cooperation between Kuwait and Egypt in various areas, Al Ahram reports.