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Melania Trump ends Africa tour in Egypt
US First Lady Melania Trump held talks in the Egyptian capital on Saturday on the final leg of a solo four – nation tour of Africa that will also see her visit the Pyramids .
The low – key tour , during which she has made no comment to reporters , has contrasted with the political tumult back home where her husband was set to score a big political win after days of acrimonious deadlock inside and outside the Senate over his Supreme Court pick .
The former model stepped off a plane at Cairo international airport wearing high -waisted white pants , a pleated white shirt and a black tie with a beige jacket hung over her shoulders .
She was welcomed by Egyptian First Lady Intissar Amer al- Sisi , an observant Muslim who wore an ankle -length blue dress and matching headscarf .
Security was tight with police deployed along the route and on rooftops as her convoy drove from the airport to the presidential palace .
The visit comes as security forces face a persistent jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula across the Suez Canal to the northeast .
The First Lady held a one – hour meeting with President Abdel Fattah al – Sisi and his wife at the palace , the longest of her tour , and was then driven to the US embassy before heading to the Pyramids of Giza .
During her whistlestop five – hour stay in Cairo, she was also scheduled to visit the new National Museum under construction next door to the Pyramids .
On the previous leg of her tour in Kenya , her choice of a white colonial -style pith helmet while on safari drew some criticism on Twitter , with one person comparing her look to that of a “ colonial administrator” .
Melania Trump , in Africa to promote her children ’ s welfare programme , began her trip in Ghana , where she visited mothers and their newborns , and toured a former slave trading fort .
She then made a brief stop in Malawi where she toured a primary school .
On Thursday , her husband tweeted : “ Our country ’ s great First Lady , Melania , is doing really well in Africa . The people love her , and she loves them ! It is a beautiful thing to see . ”
Trump ’ s predecessor Barack Obama criticised alleged human rights abuses in Egypt following the army ’ s 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi but relations have since stabilised .
Back in Washington , the US Senate is expected to give President Trump a big political win later on Saturday by confirming conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice .
Washington has been gripped by high drama and emotion for days , from the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford — who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault — to protests against his nomination.
( AFP )
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