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President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi officially received in Cairo recently his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The latter arrived in the Egyptian capital on Sunday in his first visit to Egypt since he was elected president in May
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi officially received in Cairo recently his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The latter arrived in the Egyptian capital on Sunday in his first visit to Egypt since he was elected president in May
His election marked a successful return to the nation’s top office which he assumed between 2012 and 2017. President el-Sisi at a joint press conference pointed out that the discussions revolved around a raft of issues, including security and developments in the overall region as well as the Horn of Africa region. Both presidents expressed their interest in the development of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue, and the two sides agreed on the danger of unilateral policies when undertaking projects on transboundary rivers.
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Mohamud’s visit to Egypt is his seventh foreign trip since he returned to power in May after winning Somalia’s presidential election.
