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<\/a> Gov\u2019t reportedly ends USD 2 mn agreement with US lobbying firm:<\/b> The government has reportedly terminated a USD 2 mn annual contract with US lobbying firm Glover Park Group<\/a>, according to Al-Monitor<\/a>. No reason was given for the termination, but Al-Monitor notes the split took place shortly after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi gave an interview<\/a> with CBS\u2019 60 Minutes in which he discussed terrorism, political prisoners, cooperation with Israel and the Ikhwan. The group is said to have been working with Egypt since 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov\u2019t reportedly ends USD 2 mn agreement with US lobbying firm: The government has reportedly terminated a USD 2 mn annual contract with US lobbying firm Glover Park Group, according to Al-Monitor. No reason was given for the termination, but Al-Monitor notes the split took place shortly after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi gave an interview […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,127,2380,117],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-600750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-politics","tag-speed-round","tag-us","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"781c1041-184f-4d00-96f6-235884dcd8f8","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"c7fe2bad-e1f4-40e5-9d92-6cd736c32859","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[600737],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt ends USD 2 mn agreement with US lobbying firm - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/02\/10\/egypt-ends-usd-2-mn-agreement-with-us-lobbying-firm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt ends USD 2 mn agreement with US lobbying firm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gov\u2019t reportedly ends USD 2 mn agreement with US lobbying firm: The government has reportedly terminated a USD 2 mn annual contract with US lobbying firm Glover Park Group, according to Al-Monitor. 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