By REUTERS
CAIRO - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy will visit the United States on Sept. 23, making his first trip there since taking power in June, the presidential spokesman said on Wednesday.The United States was a close ally of Egypt under ousted President Hosni Mubarak and gives $1.3 billion in military aid a year to Egypt plus other assistance.Long wary of Islamists, Washington opened formal talks with Morsy's Muslim Brotherhood in 2011 as the group emerged as a major player in the political scene of the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Morsy in Egypt during a visit in July."President Morsy will visit the United States on Sept. 23 after his visit to China," presidential spokesman Yasser Ali told Reuters, referring to a visit to Beijing next week.
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