Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated Egypt’s firm and unequivocal support for Iraq’s security and stability and keenness to boost relations with Iraq in various political, economic, commercial and cultural fields, both at bilateral level or through the tripartite co-operation mechanism with Jordan.
The president’s remarks came as he received on Tuesday Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani who is currently visiting Egypt at the head of a high-level government delegation.
The delegation comprises two deputies of the prime minister, the ministers of foreign affairs, planning, housing, trade and electricity as well as Iraqi central bank governor. The Iraqi delegation is in Egypt to participate in the joint Egyptian-Iraqi Higher Committee.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli as well as a host of Egyptian ministers and senior officials.
During the meeting, the president praised the strong and solid relations between the two countries.
For his part, the Iraqi prime minister lauded the solid and historical fraternal bonds the two countries share, stressing Iraq’s keenness on bolstering the well-established mechanisms of bilateral co-operation and on building on the outcomes of his last visit to Egypt last March.
He asserted that the pace of the exchange of visits between the two sides demonstrated commitment to promote bilateral relations toward broader prospects during the coming period and to enhance benefiting from the Egyptian capacities and competencies in a variety of areas.
This comes in light of Egypt’s prominent role in reinforcing joint Arab action in the face of the current crises and challenges in the region; a role that is considered a model to be emulated in maintaining stability and improving the development, economic and social conditions.
The meeting explored ways to further advance frameworks of bilateral co-operation in an array of fields, particularly economic co-operation, trade, investment and the upgrading of infrastructure.
The two sides also exchanged views on Arab and regional issues of mutual concern, in light of the two countries’ pivotal roles in the region.
They underlined keenness on boosting joint Arab action so as to contribute to countering the multiple challenges facing the Arab nation at the current stage, in order to realise the aspirations of the peoples of the region to live in peace and stability.
Also on Tuesday, PM Madbouli and the Iraqi prime minister witness the signing of 11 co-operation agreements between the two countries, following the end of the meetings of the Egyptian-Iraqi Joint Higher Committee.
The agreements cover the fields of small and medium-sized enterprises, diplomatic training, tourism, trade, civil service, sports, labour, planning among others.
