Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is visiting France on Sunday to participate in both the Paris Conference to support transition in Sudan and a summit on financing African economies held on May 17 and 18 respectively. During the Sudan conference, Sisi intends to stress on the importance of the international community coming together to support Sudan and will go over Egypt’s ongoing efforts in this regard, Rady added. He will also discuss facilitating the transfer of technology to African countries and pushing forward the movement of foreign investments. Sisi will hold meetings with French officials, as well as heads of some international French companies, to discuss ways to advance cooperation in economic, trade and investment fields between both nations. And on the sidelines of the visit, Sisi will meet with some heads of states and governments to discuss advancing bilateral cooperation on various regional and international issues.

Source: Egypt Independent May 16, 2021 11:48 UTC