Egypt, UAE Stress Joint Arab Work against Challenges

Sisi during his meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in the city of El Alamein. (Egyptian Presidency)
Sisi during his meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in the city of El Alamein. (Egyptian Presidency)
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Egypt, UAE Stress Joint Arab Work against Challenges

Sisi during his meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in the city of El Alamein. (Egyptian Presidency)
Sisi during his meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in the city of El Alamein. (Egyptian Presidency)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held on Saturday summit discussions in the Egyptian city of El Alamein.

The talks covered the regional and international updates, and the need for collective Arab work to face the challenges in the region.

Egyptian presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said the two leaders highlighted "the strong and distinguished relations" between their countries.

They reviewed existing areas of cooperation and collaboration, especially in economy and development.

They discussed regional and international developments, agreeing on the importance of intensifying joint Arab action to confront the growing regional and global challenges.

They stressed their keenness on continuing close coordination at all levels, given the strong historic ties between their countries.

Sheikh Mohamed and Sisi had met in Cairo in April.

In May, the UAE International Investors Council (UAEIIC) signed an MoU with the Egyptian-Emirati Business Council (EEBC) to boost existing investment partnerships.

The MoU also aims at creating more investment opportunities in the sectors of the new economy, green projects, recycling, clean projects, the technological sector, new digital technologies and other areas of common interest to the business communities between the two countries.



Saudi Arabia Offers Condolences to Azerbaijan after Plane Crash

A handout photo made available by the press service of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of a passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. (EPA/Kazakhstan Emergencies Ministry handout)
A handout photo made available by the press service of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of a passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. (EPA/Kazakhstan Emergencies Ministry handout)
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Saudi Arabia Offers Condolences to Azerbaijan after Plane Crash

A handout photo made available by the press service of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of a passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. (EPA/Kazakhstan Emergencies Ministry handout)
A handout photo made available by the press service of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of a passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. (EPA/Kazakhstan Emergencies Ministry handout)

Saudi Arabia offered on Wednesday its condolences to Azerbaijan following the plane crash in Kazakhstan.

A Foreign Ministry statement said the Kingdom expressed its condolences to the families of the deceased and to the government and people of Azerbaijan. It wished the injured a speedy recovery.

The Muslim World League (MWL) also extended its condolences to the government and people of Azerbaijan following the crash.

An Embraer passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people while 29 survivors received hospital treatment, Kazakh authorities said.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route to crash on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea, after what Russia's aviation watchdog said was an emergency that may have been caused by a bird strike. But an aviation expert suggested that cause seemed unlikely.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said according to information he had received, the plane changed course due to poor weather, but he added the cause of the crash was unknown and must be fully investigated.