New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to the 11th Century Al-Hakim mosque, restored with the assistance of the Dawoodi Bohra neighborhood, throughout his first go to to Egypt this week. The prime minister will even go to the Heliopolis War Cemetery to pay tributes to the Indian troopers who made the supreme sacrifice for Egypt throughout World War 1.
Modi’s two-day state go to to Egypt from June 24 on the invitation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is the primary bilateral go to by an Indian prime minister since 1997.
Before assembly El-Sisi, the prime minister will maintain deliberations with the India Unit, a gaggle of high-level ministers constituted by the Egyptian president to spice up relations with India. Addressing a press convention right here, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra mentioned there was an intense stage of ministerial engagement” between India and Egypt, which can also be house to a small Indian neighborhood.
Prime Minister Modi can also be scheduled to work together with the member of the Indian neighborhood within the North African nation.
Kwatra famous that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav had travelled to Egypt not too long ago.
“We have had, similarly, at least three to four ministers from the Egyptian government who have visited India,” he mentioned, including that the Chairperson of the Suez Canal Authority was on a go to to India.
Kwatra mentioned the high-level exchanges clearly confirmed the extent of very sharp focus that each India and Egypt have been putting on strengthening all elements of their relationship. Prime Minister Modi will meet President El-Sisi and oversee the signing of assorted Memoranda of Understanding and agreements on that day.
Kwatra famous that the Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam was on a go to to India final month.
The international secretary famous that India has invited Egypt as a particular visitor throughout its G20 presidency.
Kwatra mentioned PM Modi’s “very quick reciprocal visit” to Egypt was happening inside six months of President El-Sisi’s go to to India.
“We are confident that the visit of Prime Minister Modi to Egypt will not just ensure continuing momentum to the relationship between our two countries, but will also help it expand to new areas of trade and economic engagement between our two countries,” Kwatra mentioned.
