Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived in the Russian Federation to attend the
BRICS summit held in the city of Kazan. The summit marks Egypt’s first
participation as a member of the group, since its official accession at the
beginning of this year.
During the summit,
President Sisi will review Egypt’s vision and positions on a multitude of
significant international and regional issues, especially ways to forge closer
co-operation among member states to ensure advancing multilateral efforts, and
contribute to addressing the intricate and most pressing challenges facing the
world, politically and economically.
Additionally, the
President will discuss the need to reform the global financial structure to achieve
the intended balance, notably with regard to promoting the voice and interests
of developing countries in various international and regional fora.
This comes in light
of the increasing negative impacts of international conflicts and crises on
their developmental trajectories.
The President will
also address climate change-related issues and avenues for strengthening
economic and developmental cooperation among BRICS member countries.
President Sisi will
also outline Egypt’s unwavering stance concerning the current developments in
the Middle East and highlight Egypt’s tireless and persistent efforts towards
de-escalation and preventing the expansion of the conflict into a regional war,
which poses a severe threat to the resources of the region’s peoples and to
regional and international peace and security.
President Sisi will
participate in the BRICS Plus summit, which includes BRICS member states as
well as influential and friendly international countries and organizations.
The President will
emphasize the crucial role of BRICS Plus meetings in promoting South-South
cooperation.
The President is
scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as a number of
presidents and leaders participating in the summit, to discuss bilateral relations
between Egypt and their countries, in addition to regional and international
issues of common interest.
Source: The Egyptian
Gazette