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President Donald Trump has welcomed an Egyptian-US charity worker, whom he helped release after nearly three years detained in Cairo, to the White House.
The president said he was "very happy" that Aya Hijazi, 30, was flown back to the US on Thursday night.
Ms Hijazi, whose charity cared for street children, faced child abuse charges branded false by rights groups.
Her release was reportedly agreed before Mr Trump met Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi this month.
"We are very happy to have Aya back home," Mr Trump said on Friday at the White House. "It's a great honour to have her in the Oval Office with her brother."
Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also met Ms Hijazi.
Ms Hijazi, a US citizen with dual nationality, and her Egyptian husband, Mohamed Hassanein, set up the Belady Foundation in 2013 to aid street children.
The couple were arrested a year later along with four other humanitarian workers, whose released has also been secured.