Putin meets Egypt’s Foreign Minister at Kremlin and says he has instructed work on grain supplies to republic
Egypt’s Foreign Minister personally delivered a written message to Putin from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
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Photo source: kremlin.ru
President of Russia Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty. The Russian president said that, following a telephone conversation with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, he had instructed the government to work with Egyptian colleagues on the supply of food products to Egypt, primarily grain.
The head of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry conveyed greetings from President El-Sisi to the Russian president and handed over a written message.
Putin and the President of Egypt held a telephone conversation on 31 March. On Thursday, at the meeting in the Kremlin, the Russian side was also represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Aide to the Russian President Yury Ushakov, while the Egyptian side included Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Russia Hamdy Shaaban.
A Russia–Africa summit is scheduled for October this year. Putin expressed hope that Egypt would be represented by a high-level delegation and invited President El-Sisi to Moscow. Badr Abdelatty confirmed Egypt’s participation in the summit and said that, if possible, the President of Egypt would attend.
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