Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met his Irish counterpart Michael Higgins and prime minister Simon Harris Wednesday for talks on the warfare in Gaza and boosting bilateral ties.
The 2 heads of state mentioned the Center East state of affairs, together with the political upheaval in Syria, in accordance with a press release from Higgins’s workplace.
“The outrageous struggling within the absence of a ceasefire in Gaza was the central a part of their dialogue,” the assertion added.
There had additionally been “settlement on the necessity to increase worldwide recognition of the Palestinian state”, stated Egyptian presidential spokesman Mohamed al-Shenawy.
Eire is amongst a number of European nations which in Could formally recognised the State of Palestine, drawing anger from Israel.
Sisi praised Dublin’s “brave positions in help of the Palestinian trigger,” Shenawy added in a press release.
Eight Gazan youngsters and their households, presently in Cairo, will quickly be medically evacuated to Eire, the Irish assertion stated.
Sisi later held a working lunch with Harris, who stated earlier than the assembly that he would increase the case of an Irish mom whose youngsters have been stored by their father in Egypt since 2022.
The Dublin go to was the ultimate leg of a European tour by Sisi that included stops in Norway and Denmark.
It marked the primary journey to Eire by an Egyptian president since Hosni Mubarak visited in 2006.
