Egypt upset at US meetings with Muslim Brotherhood (update)

From Reuters:

Ambassador Robert Stephen Beecroft

Egypt summoned the U.S. ambassador in Cairo to show displeasure at Muslim Brotherhood figures coming to Washington for a private conference, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency on Monday.

One source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. officials did not intend to meet the group although they had met some Brotherhood figures that came to Washington in January.

The tensions reflect a clash between U.S. diplomats' desire to deal with the whole political spectrum in Egypt and a fear of alienating Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who, as army chief, toppled a Muslim Brotherhood-led government in 2013.

The sources declined to say precisely when U.S. Ambassador Stephen Beecroft was called in by the Egyptian government, though one said it was in recent days. Egypt sought the meeting to make clear its unhappiness at U.S. dealings with the Brotherhood.

State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke declined to say whether Beecroft was summoned by the Egyptian authorities or whether U.S. officials would meet Brotherhood figures visiting Washington, telling reporters he was aware of media reports of such a visit but that "I don't have any meetings to announce."

He said it continued to be U.S. policy to engage with people from across the political spectrum in Egypt.

Last week Obama administration officials met with members of Breaking the Silence, a group whose entire purpose is to delegitimize Israel on the world stage. Shouldn't Israel have protested that the way Egypt protested this?

UPDATE: The State Department decided not to meet with the MB, which makes my question even more cogent.