Egypt’s Egypts President Abdel Fattah El Sisi expressed on Wednesday Egypt’s keenness on developing bilateral relations with Romania in the political, economic and popular domains.
In a press conference with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis at Ittihadeya Palace, the president said he discussed with the Romanian leader distinguished political relations between the two countries, as well as issues of mutual concern.
President Sisi hailed relations with Romania, pointing out he visited Bucharest in 2019 for the first time by an Egyptian president in 15 years to promote the decades-long relations.
“As we celebrate the 115th anniversary of establishing relations between Egypt and Romania, I discussed with president Iohannis distinguished relations binding the two countries and means to push them forward especially in the fields of energy, investment, industry, trade and tourism,” the president said.
He said an agreement was reached with the Romanian side on the importance of holding the fourth round of the joint committee concerned with developing economic and technical co-operation at the bilateral level, a matter that would contribute positively to increasing the volume of trade and investment between the two countries.
President Sisi reaffirmed the importance of relations between Egypt and Romania as well as continued co-operation and coordination at regional and international forums in line with common denominators and the respect of international laws, good neighbourliness and non-inference in the domestic affairs of countries.
Sisi appreciated the balanced Romanian role either in the Balkan region or inside the European Union, saying his meeting with the Romanian leader provided an opportunity to exchange viewpoints and discuss regional and international issues either in the Middle East or East Mediterranean.
He renewed Egypt’s support to settling differences and disputes through peaceful means and in line with the international law.
He said he discussed with the Romanian leader the importance of holding elections in Libya on December 24 as scheduled to enable the Libyan people to elect a unified government protecting the security, stability and sovereignty of the country.
The president referred to the importance of abiding by UN resolution 2570 which calls for the exit of all mercenaries and foreign troops from the Libyan territories in order not to give a chance for certain parties to exploit the Libyan territories to achieve the goals of other parties.
Sisi said his talks with the Romanian president dealt with the importance of finding a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause on the basis of a two-state solution to enable the Palestinian people establish an independent state on the 1967 borders with al Quds (East Jerusalem) as its capital.
Sisi said he discussed with the Romanian president the Syrian crisis and reaffirmed support to the UN envoy’s efforts to achieve a political settlement in line with the Geneva declaration and the Security Council Resolution 2245 with rejecting attempts by some parties to impose the status quo either through violating Syria’s sovereignty or introducing demographic changes.
The president said he and his Romanian counterpart agreed on the continuation of cooperation and coordination to fight the phenomenon of illegal migration and coordinate with regional countries to find a solution to this important issue.
The two leaders agreed on the importance of allowing the refugees to integrate within the society in the host countries.
President said during the joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart that talks also dealt with international, regional and local efforts to fight terrorism and dry up terror resources used by terrorist groups to finance their activities.
The president stressed the importance of the role of Egyptian religious institutions in spreading the values of tolerance with increasing awareness to confront extremist ideologies.
President Sisi said he discussed with the Romanian president steps Egypt took to protect human rights in line with the national strategy for human rights which was launched on September 11, 2021, that also focused on the improvement of living conditions and economic and social rights for citizens as part of the strategy.
President Sisi thanked the Romanian president over his invitation to visit Romania saying looks forward to the visit in the near future.
President Sisi wished progress, stability and prosperity for Romania and its people.
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