Egypt claims to receive invite that White House says it hasn't sent
President Sisi has been invited to next month's US-Africa Leaders Summit despite concerns about Egypt's human rights record.
![Egypt's President Sisi talks to Sudan's President Bashir in Khartoum Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) talks to Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum June 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3W4LF](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/07/RTR3W4LF.jpg/RTR3W4LF.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=NgebZ0pM)
President Obama has invited Egypt's president to the first ever US-Africa Leaders Summit next month despite lingering concerns about the country's human-rights record, Al-Monitor has learned.
Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a written invitation from the US president earlier this week, an Egyptian official said. A US source confirmed that Egypt had been invited, even as the White House continued to publicly assert that it had yet to make up its mind.