USA Denies Egypt Aids, Egypt Denies Meeting
Egypt cancels Kushner meeting with minister after denial of aid Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO - An American flag is seen behind an Egyptian flag at a rally against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak outside the Federal Building in Westwood, California, January 29, 2011. Eric Thayer CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt called off a scheduled meeting between its foreign minister and top U.S. presidential adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday after the United States decided to withhold millions of dollars in aid. But President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would meet the U.S. delegation led by Kushner later in the day as scheduled, Sisi's office said. Two U.S. sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington had decided to deny Egypt $95.7 million in aid and to delay a further $195 million because of its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms. "Egypt sees this measure as reflecting poor judgement of the strategic relationship that ties the