Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed means to boost strategic bilateral relations as well as a host of regional developments, including in Libya.
The meeting, held in the French port city of Brest on the sideline of the One Ocean Summit, comes in light of the recent development in the relations between the two countries, especially at the economic, commercial, military and security levels, according to a statement by the Egyptian Presidential Spokeman Bassam Rady.
El-Sisi expressed to Macron Egypt's keenness to strengthen cooperation with France in various fields, especially in terms of transferring French expertise and technology in all development fields to Egypt.
The Egyptian president also asserted to his French counterpart that Egypt seeks to increase coordination and consultation with France as the current chair of the European Union on the political, security, military and economic levels in a way that helps maintain security and stability in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Africa.
Macron, for his part, expressed his country's pride in what he described as "the strong and distinguished" relations with Egypt, which he said gained more momentum during the recent multiple visits of El-Sisi to France.
The French president stressed his country's commitment to continue to bolster the frameworks of cooperation with Egypt in various fields.
He also voiced support to the Egyptian president's efforts to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development and combat terrorism and extremist ideology in the region.
Source: Egypt Today
