Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed with US president Donald Trump in a telephone call on Wednesday the latest developments in Libya as well as the talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Egyptian presidency said. El-Sisi and Trump exchanged views about the developments in Libya following the launch of the Declaration of Cairo initiative. President Trump welcomed the Egyptian efforts to achieve a political settlement to the Libyan crisis and to end the violence by supporting a ceasefire in Libya. The two leaders also discussed the recent developments concerning the GERD issue and the tripartite talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Trump and El-Sisi also discussed Egyptian-US bilateral relations.