U.S. Military Relax Defense Ties With Egypt After Years Of Restrictions On Arms Sales And Operations

LIST of Current Ships in Egyptian Navy

The U.S. Navy’s most senior officer met with Egyptian naval officials Sunday as the U.S. government relaxed restrictions on defense sales and operations with the strategic North African country. The meeting, which comes amid joint operations in the Red Sea, represents a warming of ties between Cairo and Washington, but also comes in the wake of renewed relations between Egypt and Russia.

Adm. Jon Greenert speaks with Egyptian Navy officers 

on the bridge of the frigate Alexandria on July 12 during 

a visit to Egypt's main naval base. The US-built frigate 

had just returned from four months of operations in 

the Red Sea. U.S. NAVY

Adm. Jon Greenert, chief of naval operations, met with Egyptian Rear Adm. Osama Mounir Rabie, who was appointed as Egypt's chief of navy in April.

"This visit was important to me to re-establish the relationship with the head of the Egyptian navy," Greenert said Sunday in a phone interview from Alexandria with Military Times. "They've been doing well out here under the circumstances given the dynamics of the country."

General Al-sisi now President Al-sisi Took back Egypt 
from the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters

Relations between the U.S. and Egypt have been strained in the last four years, primarily because of the political upheaval resulting from the 2011 Arab Spring and further concerns about Cairo’s government in 2013, which saw military operations between the two countries canceled and defense sales postponed.

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