President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi heads today to the Hungarian capital Budapest to participate in the summit of the countries of the “
Visegrád” grouping with Egypt, where the grouping includes Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
The official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic stated that Egypt's participation in the summit with the "
Visegrád" grouping comes for the second time after 2017, as it reflects the keenness of the two sides to develop relations between them and discuss various issues of common interest.
The summit is scheduled to address a number of topics, foremost of which is the role of Egypt in the Middle East, cooperation in the field of combating terrorism and illegal immigration, energy security, and discussing opportunities to develop trade, investment and tourism relations between the two sides,
as well as ways to develop cooperation between Egypt and the European Union. of which the countries of the assembly enjoy its membership.
The Spokesman added that the President's visit to Budapest will also witness intense bilateral talks with senior Hungarian officials, led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Hungarian President Janus Ader, to discuss strengthening political and economic relations between the two friendly countries, as well as cooperation and coordination on at the international and regional levels.