Is tripartite alliance emerging between US, Egypt and Jordan?
The consecutive meetings between Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Jordan's King Abdullah and US President Donald Trump prompted some to speculate that a three-way alliance was forming between the United States, Egypt and Jordan.
CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Jordan’s King Abdullah in Washington on April 4 during Sisi’s visit to discuss the future of US-Egyptian relations with President Donald Trump and senior US officials.
The meeting between the two Arab leaders came a day after Sisi met Trump at the White House to discuss regional concerns and US-Egyptian cooperation in various areas.
Sisi’s meeting with Abdullah raised multiple questions, especially as it came just a week after the two leaders met at the 28th Arab League Summit that Abdullah hosted in the Dead Sea area near the Jordanian capital on March 29 — along with the fact that Sisi had met Trump in the meantime.
Hani Khallaf, former Egyptian deputy foreign minister, told Al-Monitor that the new US administration is making a fundamental break with the country’s foreign policies under former President Barack Obama.
