Egypt's Army Chief-of-Staff Mohamed Farid met on Sunday with the US Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and an accompanying delegation in Cairo, where the two parties discussed ways of enhancing military cooperation, exchanging expertise and joint naval exercises to enhance and upgrade the combat capabilities of both militaries.

The meeting discussed a number of issues of interest to the Egyptian and US militaries. 

The US Secretary of the Navy praised the level of relations and cooperation between the armed forces of both countries, which constitute additional horizons for joint cooperation in many other fields. 

The meeting was attended by a number of military commanders the armed forces.