Sisi to embark on three-leg Africa tour of Angola, Zambia and Mozambique

CAIRO - 6 June 2023: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday will embark a three-leg African tour that will take him to Angola, Zambia and Mozambique.

Presidential Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said Sisi's tour of the southern African region comes as part of Egypt's keenness on intensifying coordination with its African fellows.

It aims at enhancing relations with the African states in the various fields especially bolstering exchange of cooperation in the economic, trade and investment domains, in addition to giving a top priority to the African issues in the agenda of Egypt's foreign policy, added the spokesman.

The spokesman said Sisi is expected to make a series of bilateral talks with heads of African states with the aim of discussing mechanisms for boosting all aspects of cooperation with Egypt, the latest developments in a set of regional issues of common interest, in addition to crystallizing a joint framework for the African action in order to push forward the development process and enhancing economic integration in the continent.

During his visit to Zambia, Sisi will take part in the 22nd COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Governments on 8th June. During the summit, Egypt will be handed over the rotating presidency of the summit from Zambia.