Egypt, US have sustainable partnership: Antony Blinken

Egypt, US have sustainable partnership: Antony Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Cairo on Sunday and said that he chose Egypt to be the first stop in his tour of the Middle East because the US and Egypt have a strategic partnership and distinguished bilateral relations.

Blinken met on Sunday with a number of Egyptian youth at the American University in Cairo (AUC), which he said was an ancient institution that had witnessed the training and education of thousands of Egyptians and Americans, and had been a communication platform for years.

He pointed out that the presence of young people fuels this strategic partnership and makes it more than a relationship between governments, especially since Egypt is a young country with more than 60% of its population of young people.

Blinken added that it is young people who will carry this bilateral relationship forward and it is necessary to listen to them because they are the leaders of the future, noting that even if politicians have done their job well over the years, it does not mean that there is no room for learning and development.

He added that it is young people who will deal with the consequences of climate change, and it is they who will have