President El-Sisi Speaks with French President

alhadath – cairo

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the call addressed the overall relations between Egypt and France. The two presidents stressed the importance of further enhancing cooperation across various fields, especially economic and investment, while emphasizing the need to attract more French companies to invest in development projects in Egypt.

The two presidents exchanged views on regional developments, underlining the importance of swiftly reaching a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, exchanging hostages, and ensuring the flow of humanitarian aid to the Strip. This is in addition to the need to avoid escalation and a comprehensive war in the region.

In this context, President Macron praised Egypt’s tireless efforts since the outbreak of the crisis in Gaza, expressing France’s full support for Egypt’s endeavors to reach a settlement that guarantees the region’s security and stability.

The two presidents also discussed developments in Syria and stressed the importance of preserving the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Syria, and as well as the need to start a comprehensive political process that includes every spectrum of the Syrian society. In the same context, the two presidents highlighted the importance of completing the implementation of the terms of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and fully implementing Security Council Resolution 1701, while calling to continue supporting and strengthening the capabilities of the Lebanese army, and accelerating the process of electing a new president for Lebanon, so as to achieve stability in the country.

President El-Sisi stressed the close link between security and stability in the Horn of Africa and Egypt’s national security, noting that Egypt is working to support Somalia to achieve security and stability, whether through bilateral cooperation or by participating in the African Union peacekeeping mission at Somalia’s request.

The President added that he was closely following the agreement recently reached between Ethiopia and Somalia through Turkish mediation, expressing hope that this agreement would contribute to achieving security and stability in the Horn of Africa region, and that it would be in line with the principles of international law.