Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday, 4 September, marking his first go to to Turkey since taking workplace in 2014. That is additionally the primary go to by an Egyptian president to Turkey in 12 years.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted Al-Sisi at Esenboğa Airport, the place an official reception ceremony was held to welcome him upon his arrival.
This go to is a part of a collection of developments signaling a thaw in relations between the 2 nations. It follows Erdogan’s journey to Cairo in February, his first go to to Egypt since 2012.
In a assertion on X platform, President Al-Sisi expressed his pleasure at visiting Turkey and assembly with President Erdogan. He hoped that his go to, together with Erdogan’s current journey to Egypt in February, would signify each nations’ need to embark on a brand new period of friendship and cooperation.
“I’m very completely happy to go to Turkey for the primary time as president and meet with His Excellency President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The go to displays the frequent will to start out a brand new part of friendship and cooperation between Egypt and Turkey,” Sisi stated on X platform.
Al-Sisi and Erdogan are set to co-chair the inaugural assembly of the Excessive-Stage Strategic Cooperation Council, established by the Joint Declaration signed throughout Erdogan’s Cairo go to.
The Council assembly will assessment all features of Türkiye-Egypt relations and focus on joint measures to reinforce bilateral cooperation within the close to future, the Turkish Presidency stated in an announcement.
The inaugural assembly is anticipated to contain the signing of a number of memorandums of understanding in numerous areas of cooperation.
After a decade-long diplomatic rift following Mohamed Morsi’s 2013 ouster as Egypt’s president, cooperation between Egypt and Turkey has considerably deepened prior to now two years.
Throughout their first assembly in Cairo this yr, the 2 leaders agreed to extend commerce between the nations to USD 15 billion (EGP 727 billion) within the coming years, increase joint investments, and discover new areas of collaboration.
