President El-Sisi Travels to Budapest for Visegrád Group Summit

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi flies to Budapest, Hungary, to participate in the Visegrád Group Summit with Egypt. The Group is composed of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.

The Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency stated that this is Egypt’s second time to take part in the Visegrád Group Summit, the first was in 2017. This demonstrates the keenness of both sides to enhance relations and discuss various issues of mutual interest.

The Summit is expected to cover a number of issues, mainly Egypt’s role in the Middle East, cooperation to counter terrorism and illegal migration, and energy security, in addition to discussing opportunities to advance trade, investment and tourism relations between the two sides. The Summit will also tackle means to develop cooperation between Egypt and the European Union (EU), which includes the membership of the V4 countries.

The Spokesman added that President El-Sisi’s visit to Budapest will also include holding bilateral relations with senior Hungarian officials, namely Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President János Áder, to discuss means of strengthening political and economic relations between the two friendly countries, as well as regional and international cooperation and coordination.