Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 reached Cairo, beginning his first state visit to Egypt. The visit to Egypt comes five months after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi visited India as the Chief Guest at the 2023 Republic Day celebrations here.
“PM Modi will meet with the India Unit of the Egyptian Cabinet,” official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi, said in an official broadcast from the Cairo airport. The India Unit is a special group of senior Egyptian Ministers that has been created by President El-Sisi to enhance bilateral ties with India.
The visit acquires significance as it is taking place just days after Mr. Modi wrote to his G20 counterparts to expand the grouping of G20 members by including the African Union, of which Egypt is a leading member.
