Erdoğan gifts President Sisi electric car during Cairo visit

CAIRO – 4 February 2026: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi an electric car on Wednesday. The gift was presented during Erdoğan’s official visit to Egypt to participate in the second meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council held in Cairo.

 

Ambassador Mohamed El Shenawy, the official spokesman for the presidency, stated that President Sisi inspected the vehicle in the gardens of the Presidential Palace. Following the inspection, President Sisi drove the car himself, with President Erdoğan as his passenger, from the palace to the venue of the Egyptian-Turkish Business Forum at the Al Masa Hotel in Nasr City.

Earlier that day, President Sisi received President Erdoğan in Cairo for high-level talks aimed at further developing bilateral relations between Egypt and Turkey. Upon his arrival in the Egyptian capital, Erdoğan was welcomed by President Sisi with an official reception ceremony held at Al-Ittihadiya Palace.

 

This visit is a key component of ongoing efforts by both nations to deepen strategic cooperation, following a period of intensified diplomatic engagement.