File- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during a press conference in Egypt- Press photo from the Russian Foreign Ministry
CAIRO – 23 July 2022: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will receive his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Sunday in Cairo, announced the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Saturday.
Lavrov will also meet with Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit, as well as representatives of the member states of the league, Al Sharq Bloomberg reported two days ago.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that Lavrov will make an African tour that includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo, from July 24 to 28.
Lavrov’s visit comes a week after US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and Jeddah, where he said that the US will not let the vacuum in the Middle East be filled by Russia, China, or Iran.
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