Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met on Wednesday with visiting Foreign Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in the presence of Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry.
The two leaders discussed means of boosting security and economic cooperation between the two countries, as well as combining efforts to fight terrorism and extremism.
Qureshi conveyed to Sisi a message from Pakistani President Arif Alavi, inviting him to visit Pakistan and expressing Islam Abad's keenness to boost bilateral cooperation with Cairo.
The message also affirmed that the stability of Egypt is the pillar of stability in the Middle East and the Islamic world as a whole.
"Pakistan looks at the Egyptian development experience with appreciation and looks forward to benefiting from it in light of the similar situations in the two friendly countries and the common challenges facing them," the message read.
Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency said Sisi stressed that Egypt welcomes the development of bilateral cooperation and exchange of experience in various fields with Pakistan.
He also expressed Egypt’s keenness to enhance coordination and consultation with Pakistan on various regional issues of common interest, on top of which is combating terrorism and the extremist ideology.
The two leaders further highlighted means of exploring prospects for cooperation between Gwadar Port in Pakistan and the Suez Canal Economic Zone to establish industrial projects.
For his part, Shoukry also held separate talks with Qureshi.
"We've agreed to intensify cooperation in the coming stage to completely obliterate terrorism, whose confrontation requires consolidating international efforts," Shoukry told reporter in a joint press conference with Qureshi following their talks.
