FROM: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
Readout of Secretary Hagel's Call with Egyptian Minister of Defense Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout of Secretary Hagel's Call with Egyptian Minister of Defense Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi:
Egyptian Minister of Defense Al-Sisi and Secretary Hagel spoke by phone this morning regarding events in Egypt. Minister Al-Sisi and Secretary Hagel discussed Egyptian efforts to secure and rebuild Coptic Christian communities impacted by violence and to maintain security on the Sinai Peninsula. Secretary Hagel urged Minister Al-Sisi to continue to take steps to demonstrate the interim government's commitment to advance the political roadmap.
