Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Wednesday his country’s pride in the fraternal relations that bind it with Bahrain.
He received in Cairo Bahrain’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa for talks on bilateral relations and regional developments.
Both countries are aligned on regional issues and in agreement on bolstering bilateral cooperation, said Sisi.
The meeting was attended by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and several ministers from bother countries, said Egyptian presidency spokesman Mohammed Shennawy.
Sisi welcomed his guest “in his second home Egypt,” while Crown Prince Salman conveyed the greetings of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The officials stressed the importance of bolstering the strong bilateral ties between Cairo and Manama, especially in the economic, trade and investment fields. They also stressed the need to accelerate the implementation of joint projects that serve the interests and aspirations of people in both countries.
On regional developments, Prince Salman hailed Egypt’s efforts in coordination with Qatar and the United States to reach ceasefire in Gaza, ensure the release of prisoners and hostages and end the humanitarian suffering in the Palestinian enclave.
The leaders rejected the forced displacement of the Palestinian people, underling the need to begin the reconstruction of Gaza and revive the political process to establish an independent Palestinian state based on the June 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The implementations of the two-state solution and international resolutions are the only to achieve lasting peace in the region, said the leaders according to the spokesman.
Egypt and Bahrain signed several memorandums of understanding during the Crown Prince’s visit covering the industry, tourism and investment sectors.
