Egyptian foreign minister visits Belarus soon

Cairo – August 25 2017: Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry is visiting Belarus in the upcoming days to tackle the Belarusian-Egyptian relations, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zaid told Egypt Today on Friday.

“We will issue a statement on Saturday to announce the exact date of the visit, the topics that will be discussed and the countries that the foreign minister is visiting after Belarus,” Abu Zaid added.

The visit is expected to take place on August 27 and the program of the visit will include a number of high-level meetings, including at the National Assembly of Belarus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, according to the Belarusian Telegraph agency (BelTA), reported form the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meetings will highlight the issues related to the expansion of Belarusian-Egyptian relations, including the progress made in the implementation of the agreements reached at the highest level during the visit of the president of Belarus to Egypt in January 2017, BelTA reported.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko arrived to Egypt on January 15 on a two-day visit to Egypt. The visit coincided with the 25th anniversary of establishing Egyptian-Belarus diplomatic ties.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met his Belarus counterpart on January 16 at the Ittihadiyah Palace. According to the State Information Service, the Egyptian leader stressed the importance of bolstering cooperation and exchanging experience with Belarus in different fields, especially the development, economic and investment domains to achieve prosperity and progress in the two countries.