(23 Oct 2017) STORYLINE :
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Monday met the French Defence Minister Florence Parly as part of a three-day visit to France.
El-Sissi was expected to discuss military cooperation with Parly, and on Tuesday is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.
The French presidency said in a statement that France was "particularly vigilant" about human rights issues.
El-Sissi has presided over a wide-scale crackdown on dissent and Egyptian authorities have jailed several human rights activists and banned others from travel due to allegations of harming national security.
The heads of state will also discuss Syria and Iraq.
France's main human rights groups called on Macron not to tolerate Egyptian's authorities' "repression" of the country's civil society.

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