President Sisi greet Emir of Qatar on National Day

CAIRO – 18 December 2022: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has sent a cable of greetings to Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Ben Hamad Al Thani on the occasion of his country's National Day.

The president delegated presidential secretary Mohamed Adel Mokhtar to the Qatari embassy in Cairo to greet the Gulf state on the occasion.

Last September, al-Sisi headed to Doha for an official two-day visit, the first of this kind to Qatar, in response to an invitation addressed to him by Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the spokesperson for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Rady announced.

The visit is the culmination of recent intensive mutual discussions between the two countries, with the aim of strengthening joint bilateral cooperation at all levels, Rady added.

Rady said that Sisi’s visit will see him discuss the most important aspects of bilateral relations that bring the two friendly countries together, alongside consultation on various regional and international issues of common interest, which require concerted efforts to protect the Arab national security.

The agreements come after nearly four years of a row between Qatar and Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE over Qatar’s alleged terrorism sponsorship and its close relations with Iran.