2024-02-15 03:46:59
Dubai United Arab Emirates (CNN)—Activists circulated videos and photos from the ceremony on social media Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi receives Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan In Cairo, Wednesday.
Activists highlighted video clips of how the Turkish President salutes the Egyptian flag as part of the protocols during the honor guard parade.
And published a page The Egyptian presidential spokesman posted a video clip of the reception ceremony on FacebookWednesday, after Erdogan, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Cairo on his first visit there in 11 years, after a diplomatic dispute that lasted for about a decade against the backdrop of political developments in Egypt.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife were at a reception ceremony at Cairo Airport, before they held discussions at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace.
During a joint press conference, the Egyptian President said: “We are opening with Turkey a new page between our two countries in a way that will enrich our bilateral relations and put them on the right track,” adding: “We will seek to raise trade exchange between Egypt and Turkey to 15 billion dollars in the coming years,” and “we are interested in enhancing Joint coordination and benefiting from the two countries’ position as centers of gravity in the region.”
For his part, the Turkish President said: “We share with Egypt a common history that extends back more than a thousand years,” and expressed his happiness “to be in Cairo again after a long time.”
It is noteworthy that both Egypt and Turkey restored diplomatic relations in the summer of 2023, amid an escalating political rapprochement since 2021, before Sisi and Erdogan met for the first time, with the support of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, on the sidelines of the opening of the World Cup on November 20, 2022.
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