et reviews - Egypt-Hungary relations: Long-time of close cooperation

CAIRO - 28 February 2023: As President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is scheduled to receive Tuesday Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Al-Ittihadiya Presidential Palace, et reviews some of the highlights in the relations between both countries. 

 

Both countries enjoy mutual trade movement, where top Egyptian exports to Hungary are: cotton, vegetables, fruits, Cement, Fertilizers, carpet, while the top imports from Hungary are: electronic devices, glass, aluminum, fuel, rubber, organic chemicals. 

 

In the below lines, some of the highlights:

 

 

- In 2015, President Sisi visited Hungary and met with Prime Ministry 

 

- In 2015, Egypt's Sisi receives honorary PhD from Hungarian university

 

- In April 2015, Egypt, Hungary signed agreement on operating flights between Hurghada and Hungary 

 

- In 2017, Egypt’s Sisi attended Visegrad State Gathering in Hungary

 

- In 2017, Egypt’s Sisi received Hungarian Parliament Speaker and delegation

 

- In 2018, Egypt, Hungary signed a contract to supply and manufacture 1,300 new passenger railway vehicles

 

- In November 2022, Egypt’s Sisi received with Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary László Kövér, asserting keenest on boosting partnership in parliamentary domain.