Sisi Stresses Strong Relations Between Cairo, Abu Dhabi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: Egyptian Presidency
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: Egyptian Presidency
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Sisi Stresses Strong Relations Between Cairo, Abu Dhabi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: Egyptian Presidency
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: Egyptian Presidency

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has stressed the strong and solid relations between his country and the United Arab Emirates, greeting the Emirati people on the 50th anniversary of their country’s National Day.

“I am pleased to greet the UAE leaders and people on the 50th anniversary of the UAE's National Day,” Sisi posted on his Twitter account.

The Egyptian President also lauded achievements, progress and prosperity made by the Arab country over the past years in development, building and technological modernization.

“Over the past years, the UAE has introduced a unique model of development, urbanization, and technological modernization,” he wrote.

Sisi stressed that Egypt will enhance cooperation with the UAE to serve the interests of both countries’ peoples.

“We will continue to enhance [these relations] in a way that achieves the interests of our two peoples and nations,” the president wrote.

Late last month, Sisi received a phone call from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The spokesman for the Presidency had stated that the call touched on a number of issues pertinent to bilateral cooperation and relations between the two countries.

This is in addition to exchanging views on regional and international issues of mutual interest.

There was agreement to continue coordination and consultation between the two sides to serve the interest of both countries and peoples and to support security and stability in the region.



Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Fire Kills 20 Aid Seekers, UN Decries ‘Horrifying Suffering’ 

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (Reuters)
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (Reuters)
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Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Fire Kills 20 Aid Seekers, UN Decries ‘Horrifying Suffering’ 

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (Reuters)
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (Reuters)

Gaza's civil defense agency said that Israeli gunfire killed 20 people waiting for aid in the south of the Palestinian territory on Monday.  

Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that "20 martyrs and more than 200 wounded by occupation gunfire... were transferred to the Red Cross field hospital in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, then to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis".  

He added that the people had been waiting to reach an aid center in Rafah "when the occupation forces opened fire" near the Al-Alam roundabout.  

When asked by AFP, the Israeli military said it was checking the reports.  

Meanwhile, a new UN food crisis report released on Monday said the resumption of military operations in Gaza was escalating the food crisis in Gaza "to unprecedented levels."   

The Hunger Hotspots report by the World Food Program and Food and Agricultural Organization said that no adequate humanitarian aid or commercial supplies have reached the Gaza Strip since the end of the eight-week ceasefire, the longest interruption since the start of the conflict.   

According to the latest projections, released in May, the whole of Gaza's 2.1 million people are at risk of falling into acute food insecurity by September.   

The UN human rights chief said Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on Palestinians and urged government leaders to exert pressure on Israel’s government and the Hamas movement to end it.  

“Israel’s means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza,” Volker Türk told the 47-member Human Rights Council in an address that raised concerns about the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel and the fallout from sweeping US tariffs among other topics.  

Israeli authorities have regularly accused the council of anti-Israel bias, and the Trump administration has kept the United States out of its proceedings.