Sisi meets with Czech PM ahead of Visegrad summit

CAIRO - 4 July 2017: Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met with Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on Tuesday in Budapest as part of a regular meeting of the “Visegrad” Four group.

The meeting should discuss the situation in the Middle East and North Africa regarding the threat of terrorism and migration.

A bilateral meeting between Sisi and Sobotka should also raise the issues of energy security and economic, cultural and education cooperation, according to the Czech government.

This came in Sisi official visit to Budapest, Hungary to participate in the Visegrad Group summit. Egypt is the first Middle Eastern, Arab or African country to participate in the summit.

The Visegrad Group – which groups Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic – was formed in 1991 with the aim of having member countries work together in a number of fields of common interest within the all-European integration.