Cairo, A US Republican delegation visiting Cairo on Sunday said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the “right man at the right time” for Egypt.
The six-member delegation led by Senator Lindsey Graham backed Sisi in the fight against the militant ISIS group.
Graham said Sisi was “the right man at the right time” to lead Egypt as the ISIS group had become a “nightmare” for the entire region.
“There is a desire that Daesh be destroyed in Sinai… the president has expressed his desire to destroy Daesh,” Graham said using the Arabic acronym for the ISIS, which is spearheading an insurgency in the restive peninsula.
The two sides also discussed other challenges in the region including the Iranian regime malign influence in the region.

AFP also contributed to this report, 3 April 2016