President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met this evening with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, where the two presidents held an expanded discussion session, during which President Putin welcomed the president’s visit to Russia, expressing his happiness with Egypt’s first participation as a member of the BRICS. He stressed that Egypt’s joining the group represents an addition to its work processes, and contributes to strengthening its role as a platform for enhancing multilateral cooperation among developing countries.
In turn, the President expressed his appreciation for participating in the summit hosted by Russia, which comes within the framework of Egypt’s keenness to Engaging in the activities and frameworks of the gathering, praising the effort made by Russia during its presidency of the gathering, and pointing out the importance that Egypt attaches to enhancing cooperation with Russia, not only at the multilateral level, but at the level of bilateral relations that are witnessing great development in various fields, based on The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the two countries in 2018. The President also valued the cooperation between the two countries in many joint projects, especially the project to establish the Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, and the project to establish the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
< p>The official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic stated that the meeting witnessed the two presidents discussing various regional and international issues, where it was agreed on the utmost importance of reducing escalation in the Middle East region in light of the negative repercussions that the conflict in the region has, regionally and internationally, and the two presidents called for the necessity of reaching a ceasefire. Immediately in Gaza and Lebanon, reduce the escalation and avoid practices and procedures that would push the region towards further crisis. In this context, Mr. President stressed the necessity of facilitating the arrival of humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip, in addition to supporting Lebanon and affirming respect for its sovereignty, security and stability.
The official spokesman stated that the discussions between the two presidents touched on a number of pressing international issues, including the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, where the president affirmed Egypt’s position calling for diplomatic solutions and political settlements of crises through dialogue, in a way that preserves international peace and security, It preserves the capabilities of peoples.
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