Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted Tuesday the need for adopting a different approach on dealing with the issue of illegal immigration, reiterating that there are not any refugee camps in Egypt.
Addressing a joint press conference with leaders of the Visegrad Group summit with Egypt, currently in session in Budapest, Sisi said there are six million refugees living in Egypt as normal citizens and not inside refugee camps.
He asserted that there are not reports on any case of illegal immigration from Egypt over the past phase.
Sisi noted that there is a pressing need for a deeper dialogue as regards the handling of illegal immigration.
He asked whether European countries are ready to help the poor ones from which illegal immigrations are coming for the sake of improving their living conditions.
President asserted that from the perspective of human rights, Egypt rejected bargaining concerning the issue of hosting refugees on its territories, reiterating that Egypt has been seeking with all resolve and determination to achieve a progress in all aspects to provide a descent life for its citizens.
Sisi affirmed the depth of relations binding Egypt with the Visegrad Group members, voicing hope for further development of ties to reach up to the level of strategic partnership.
He also voiced happiness for meeting with Visegrad Group leaders for the second time over talks on a set of issues of common interest.
Sisi noted that Egypt has friendly relations with the Visegrad Group members and is resolve to beef them up at the bilateral and multilateral levels.
Over the past two years, all world countries have faced enormous challenges at the economic, social and health levels as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Sisi said.
This crisis has proved that humanity, which share in the spirits of brotherhood, should also share in standing up to challenges whatever the disparity of their levels, a matter which imposed on the international community to consolidate efforts to enhance joint cooperation among various countries.
In view of Egypt’s realization of the differences of economic recovery tracks implemented in several countries, Egypt was keen on localizing the industry of vaccine production not only to meet the needs of its citizens, but also to export to Africa to narrow the gap between the developed and poor countries in the distribution of vaccines, Sisi added.
