Chad
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby on the sidelines of the Africa-France Summit in Nairobi to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation.
Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazir affirmed that the Egypt-Chad road represents a strategic axis.
The two ministers discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Sunday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Badr Abdelatty Monday reaffirmed government’s full support for development projects in Chad, particularly in the domains of infrastructure, energy, education, health, agriculture and capacity building.
The two sides conferred over ways of reinforcing economic relations, especially bolstering trade exchange and encouraging Egyptian investments in Chad.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi spoke by phone with the President of the Republic of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby.
The Foreign Minister added: "This project will connect the Egyptian port of Safaga on the Red Sea to the town of Umm Jaras in northern Chad, passing through Libyan territory.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty commended historical and cultural ties between Egypt and Chad.
Egypt condemned on Wednesday the terrorist attack targeting a military base in the Lake Chad region, claiming casualties.
That was on the sidelines of TICAD in Tokyo.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Tuesday at New Alamain Chadian counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the work of the Conference of Political Forces and the Sudanese Civil Society in Cairo’s New Administrative Capital.
Ambassador to Chad Osama Hady met this week with the Chadian minister of foreign affairs.
President Deby expressed his deep appreciation for the Egyptian chief of state for sending the minister of foreign affairs to Chad in this timing where Sudan is experiencing a very dire security and political challenge.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry made a phone call Wednesday to his Chadian counterpart Mahamat Saleh Annadif to discuss developments in Sudan.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry met with Chadian counterpart Mohamed Saleh al-Nadif.
The signing took place during the first ministerial meeting on the preparation of feasibility studies of the second phase of the Vic-Med Project, aimed at linking Lake Victoria with the Mediterranean through a maritime route.
He added that an Egyptian-Sudanese committee has been formed to survey the land and determine the land route of the road, to reach the rest of the West African countries.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Wednesday Chief of the Chad Transitional Military Council Mahamat Deby at Al Itihadyah presidential palace.
Abed noted that the minister's visit will follow the issuance of the report of the technical committee determining the causes of Toukh train derailment.
