President El-Sisi Meets President of Republic of Korea

alhadath – cairo

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Mrs. Entissar El-Sisi received the President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae Myung, and his spouse.

The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the official reception ceremony included reviewing the guard of honor, playing national anthems, and taking a commemorative photograph of the two presidents and their spouses.
This was followed by a closed session of talks between the two leaders that later expanded to include delegations from both countries.

President El-Sisi welcomed the distinguished guest on his first visit to Egypt since assuming office in June 2025. The visit coincides with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The President emphasized the importance of further strengthening the distinguished bilateral relations in all fields, particularly economic, investment, cultural, and educational sectors. The President lauded the Korean development experience and expressed that Egypt looked forward to increasing the scope of Korean companies’ business and investments across various priority sectors, especially communications and information technology, automotive manufacturing, shipbuilding, Artificial Intelligence, petrochemicals, and mining, with a focus on localizing these industries in Egypt. The President highlighted the guarantees, investment incentives, and competitive advantages offered by the Egyptian government to the Egyptian market.

The President of the Republic of Korea thanked the President for the warm welcome and affirmed his country’s keenness to develop cooperation with Egypt across all fields, whether at the level of governmental development relations or through the activities of Korean companies in the Egyptian market. He also praised the achievements Egypt has made over the past decade, the most recent of which was the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Talks addressed regional issues of mutual interest. President El-Sisi reviewed Egypt’s efforts to implement the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the relevant UN Security Council resolution and emphasized Egypt’s unwavering position that the two-state solution is the only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the Middle East. The Korean president commended Egypt’s pivotal role in achieving peace and supporting stability in the Middle East, particularly the President’s efforts that led to stopping the war in the Gaza Strip and the hosting of the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, noting affirmed his country’s support for the two-state solution and Egypt’s related efforts.

The Korean president also reviewed his country’s position on developments in the Korean Peninsula and East Asia. President El-Sisi praised the Republic of Korea’s efforts to maintain balanced and cooperative relations with various regional and international parties. The two presidents exchanged views on the situation in several countries in the region and stressed the need to preserve the unity and sovereignty of states, reach comprehensive political settlements to their crises, and safeguard the capabilities of their people.

Two Memoranda of Understanding were signed in the fields of culture and education.