Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday held talks with visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and German ambassador to Cairo Frank Hartmann also attended the meeting.
Baerbock commended Egypt’s role in providing humanitarian and relief aid to millions of refugees, integrating them into the society and offering them all their basic rights.
She further hailed its success in consolidating the principles of freedom of worship, religious tolerance and acceptance of the other.
Presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said Sisi underlined the importance Egypt attaches to its close ties with Germany, and efforts to bolster bilateral cooperation and mutual interests in various fields.
"Cairo looks forward to continue this cooperation based on mutual respect and balanced partnership," Rady quoted Sisi as saying.
Baerbock also stressed the German government’s keenness to bolster and develop the existing partnership between the two countries at various levels.
The two leaders also agreed to join efforts to implement the decisions emanating from the Berlin Conference on Libya to settle the situation in the war-torn country in a comprehensive and integrated manner.
