CAIRO, Feb 18 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt's Defence Minister, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, met on Tuesday with a United States Congress delegation headed by Mike Rogers, chairman of the House of Intelligence Committee at the Congress, said an armed forces spokesman.

The meeting included discussions on several issues of joint interest as well as regional and international changes, spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Ali said.

The meeting comes after Sisi's visit to Russia and his meeting with his Russian counterpart last Thursday. 

The Egyptian-American relations have been tense after Egypt's army deposed former President Mohamed Mursi last July.

Following Mursi's ouster, the United States suspended part of the military aid to Egypt and the joint military drills.

In addition to that, Egypt was not invited to an African-American summit to be held next August.