VNHNO - President El-Sisi visited Vietnam in September 2017, in the first visit by an Egyptian president to the Southeast Asian nation since diplomatic ties were established in 1963.
Ahram quoted El-Sisi as saying, “These historic visits, as well as meetings between both countries' officials on several occasions, shows both countries strong intention to boost ties with one another.”
El-Sisi said that the pair had held productive talks, discussing the means of boosting bilateral relations at all levels. The round of talks also involved discussions on supporting political, economic, security, and military relations between both countries, and the means of combating terrorism.
The Egyptian Mail posts an article about the visit on its front page. Photo: VNA
The leaders discussed opening the Vietnamese market for Egyptian exports, along with discussions on revitalising touristic and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
Several deals related to attracting trade, supporting agriculture, and cooperating in the field of fuel were also signed during the visit, according to the newspaper.
Ahram highlighted the achievements of Egypt-Vietnam trade and investment relations in recent years. Vietnam imports chemicals, honey, petroleum products, dairy products and textiles from Egypt at a value of US$8.7 million annually. Egypt imports US$221.3 million worth of Vietnamese goods annually, including fish, seafood, textiles, clothing, mobile phones, equipment, spare parts, and vehicles.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian Mail weekly posted an article about the State visit by the Vietnamese leader on its front page. It said the summit talks between the two presidents reflected the political will to promote the countries’ multifaceted relations. The article noted that Egypt and Vietnam are working to enhance their economic and investment cooperation.
In statements to the Middle East News Agency (MENA), the Egyptian President’s Spokesman, Ambassador Bassam Radi, said that the talks between El-Sisi and Quang reflected the huge positive development in bilateral relations in an unprecedented way, showing a joint political will to boost these relations at all levels, especially in agriculture and industry./.
