CAIRO Cheap Men's ECCO Jared Modern Tie WARM GREY Ireland , June 8 (Xinhua) -- On the same day last year - on June 8, 2014 - former army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was surrounded by a massive motorcade while heading to the Supreme Constitutional Court at a Nile River bank in Cairo to take oath of office as Egypt's new president.
Sisi led the overthrow of his predecessor, former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, after mass protests against the latter's controversial one-year rule and his now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
During his first year in office, Sisi succeeded in putting the country back on track of security and stability and managed to achieve economic progress and improve Egypt's foreign policy with Western Cheap Men's ECCO Ennio Shoes Brown Ireland , African and Asian states, yet his leadership has been facing internal and external criticism regarding conditions of human rights and freedoms.
MORE SECURITY, STABILITY
Walking around the streets of the capital Cairo and nationwide, with police checkpoints everywhere, one can easily notice the great security development under Sisi's rule compared to the previous three years of chaos and constant protests that followed January 2011 uprising that toppled former long-time President Hosni Mubarak.
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Sisi always vowed moral and financial support for policemen, saying on the Police Day in late January that "the policemen pay the price of the stability of Egypt and the security of its people."
"Policemen believe in Sisi and did not believe in Morsi, so now they work with high spirits and readiness to sacrifice their own souls for the country's security," security expert and retired police general Salah Samak told Xinhua.
Since Morsi's ouster Cheap Men's ECCO Yucatan Sandals BISON Black Ireland , Sisi announced an "anti-terrorism war" against extremist, self-proclaimed Islamists who support the ousted president and have been launching deadly terrorist anti-government attacks since his removal, leaving hundreds of police and military men dead.
The Sinai-based, al-Qaida-inspired Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) militant group, which has pledged allegiance with the Islamic State (IS) regional militant group Cheap ECCO Soft 7 High Top Men's Boots BLACK Ireland , claimed responsibility for most of the anti-government attacks since then.
"Terrorism in Sinai has greatly declined, and there is a big difference between the defensive policy adopted by the security forces during Mubarak's and Morsi's times and the offensive strategy adopted under Sisi," Samak added, noting that the use of air raids in Sinai and the change of Mubarak's security chiefs played major roles in security progress over the past year.
FOREIGN POLICY PROGRESS
Sisi has been working hard on fixing ties with the West and has recently wrapped up a tour in Europe that took him to Germany and Hungary.
"It is a year of Egypt's rediscovery of its regional role reestablishment of its international relations, and that is why it included a lot of visits Cheap Men's ECCO Track II High Boots BISON Ireland ," said Hassan Abu-Taleb, political expert and researcher at Cairo-based Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
The United States stopped its annual 1.3 billion U.S. dollars military aid to Egypt following Morsi's ouster, but it decided earlier this year to resume it after a breakthrough in the relations between Washington and Cairo.
The expert said that "the United States had a negative position towards Egypt" until it realized that Egypt was achieving positive development despite some problems, restoring its regional and Arab roles and scoring success in fighting terrorism in Sinai, which had its reflection on the regional and international anti-terror wars.
Sisi signed a joint agreement with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to elevate Egypt-China bilateral ties to the level of "comprehensive strategic partnership" during his official visit to Beijing in late December.
"Sisi's visit to China was very successful as it opened new large horizons for partnership with China that reflect on trade, investment and coordination on regional and international issues," the political researcher explained.
Meanwhile, Egypt and Russia have been cultivating ties since President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi came to office in mid-2014, with exchanged visits between leaders of the two countries.
The country is currently holding an eight-day joint naval training with Russia at Alexandria marine base Cheap Ecco Cool 2.0 Ireland , which is described by the Egyptian armed forces as "one of the strongest and biggest joint exercises between Egypt and Russia."
Abu-Taleb noted that Egypt kept communication channels open with all Western powers and that its approach with China and Russia is based on mutual respect and common interests without affecting its ties with the West or the United States.
PROMISING ECONOMY
"The good news is that a journey to higher growth is already underway," chief of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde told an economic conference attended by Sisi and other Arab and African heads of states in mid-March.
She stressed that the recent energy subsidy cuts was among the successful reforms done by the Egyptian government. "We never expected it to be done in a year!"
The economic reforms undertaken by Sisi's leadership, amid growing security and stability, encouraged foreign investors to cooperate with the most populous Arab country.
The country's credit rating also improved during Sisi's rule as testified by main institutions like Fitch and Moody's, which all add to the country's credibility worldwide.
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