President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held Sunday a meeting with John Brennan, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to discuss promoting cooperation.

The meeting tackled ways to enhance bilateral ties and the latest regional and international developments, said Spokesman for the President Alaa Yousef.

During the meeting, Sisi and Brennan stressed the importance of strategic relations binding both countries in various fields.

They agreed to continue consultation on the various issues of mutual concern, mainly the hot spots in the Middle East and international efforts exerted to fighting terrorism.

Present at the meeting were General Khaled Fawzy, head of the General Intelligence Service, and Robert Stephen Beecroft, the US ambassador to Egypt.