Egyptian President Abdel Fateh el Sisi will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January 2023.
Key points
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Egypt in October 2022 when he referred to the “very good personal relationship” between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Sisi.
Egypt and India
- Egypt and India were founding members of the movement for nonalignment in international affairs during the 1950s and Egyptian leaders have traditionally maintained cordial ties with India.
- Mr. Sisi attended the India Africa Forum Summit along with other heads of states and governments of Africa from October 26 to 29 in 2015.
- In July 2022, Egypt signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India’s ReNew Power for $8 billion to build a clean hydrogen facility in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
- The Indian entity, backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Goldman Sachs, is expected to produce 2,20,000 tonnes of clean fuel annually at the Egyptian facility.
- Egypt, along with Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore and Spain, is among the guest countries invited to attend next year’s G20 summit that will be conducted under India’s presidency.
