CAIRO: Egypt's military leader, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, met the head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, and the delegation accompanying him today. They discussed international and regional developments as well as bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to support them during the coming phase. The delegation praised the success of first phase of Egypt's parliamentary elections, which is the first step towards democracy. Members of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of Armed forces and U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson also attended the meeting.