Armenia and Egypt Presidents
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on working visit to Russia, met with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Moscow on Saturday.
The presidents discussed questions on bilateral cooperation in political, economic, cultural and other fields, according to Armenian President’s Press Service. During the meeting the presidents underscored the importance of the further development of Armenian-Egypt relations, based on age-long friendship, as well as the necessity to give new impetus to those relations. With regard to the strengthening of bilateral ties, the presidents put special stress to the activation of mutual visits.
Serzh Sargsyan expressed hope that the reforms, initiated by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and aimed at the establishment of stability and development in Egypt, will also create grounds for the development of Armenian-Egypt relations with the former activity and effectiveness.
Egypt’s President expressed confidence that these relations and cooperation will develop more actively than before. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said that his country saw difficult times, and during the last year much had been done in Egypt to reestablish security and stability. He talked about the Armenian community in Egypt with admiration, noting that Armenians were always received brotherly treatment in Egypt.
The presidents emphasized the significant role of the Armenian community in Egypt in strengthening of friendship between the two countries. In this context, the special role of such persons as the Egyptian Armenian politician Nubar Pasha was underscored.