Sisi’s trips to Africa restored Egypt’s role in continent, MP

Monday 28-08-2017 - 09:56 AM

Al-Bawaba

Egyptian MP Mona Munir

Cairo - Egyptian parliamentarian Mona Munir hailed the tours conducted by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi to many African countries since the beginning of his term in 2014. Munir said such visits come to express Egypt's appreciation to its African neighbors and to bridge the gap of difference with the African states.

Munir underlined the importance of Sisi’s trips to Africa, saying that these visits played restored Egypt’s leading role in Africa and supported cooperation between Egypt and other African states in different issues. She added that President Sisi managed to strengthen political and economic partnership between Egypt and African states during the latest years.

The statements come two days before a tour scheduled to be held by Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi to a number of African states on Monday, including Tanzania, Rwanda, Gabon and Chad.

Munir added that Egypt’s president is keen to strengthen relations with all African states, especially Nile Basin countries, expressing her appreciation to the efforts exerted by Sisi to contain the current differences with Ethiopia over the building of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam.